Sunday, July 22, 2012

Japanese Yamabushi

Japanese man as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic performs a sacred fire ritual during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)
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Japanese men as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic perform a sacred fire ritual during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese men as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic attend to perform a sacred fire ritual during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese men as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic perform a sacred fire ritual during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese man as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic shoots a sacred arrow during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese men as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic prays for peace during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese man as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic performa a sacred fire ritual during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese man as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic plays sacred conch shell horns during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Japanese man as Yamabushi, mountain ascetic performs a sacred fire ritual during a religious annual ceremony on 22 July, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)
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