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| Women dressed in Heian Period costumes walk in the procession of
the Aoi Festival at Shimogamo Shrine on May 15, 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.
Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of ancient capital of
Kyoto that festival is dating back 1,400 years. About 500 participants
dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185) costumes, walk with
decorated ox carts and horses around eight kilometers from Kyoto
Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, with approximately
15,000 visitors gathered along the route. (Photo by Buddhika
Weerasinghe) |
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| Shinto shrine priest walk to attend ritual ceremony during the Aoi Festival at Shimogamo Shrine on May 15,2016 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe) |
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| The 'SAoi-dai' (L) queen, principle figure of festival wearing a
12-layered ceremonial kimono of Heian Period court ladies called
Junihitoe, sits on stage in a ritual ceremony during the Aoi Festival at
Shimogamo Shrine on May 15,2016 in Kyoto, Japan (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe) |
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