The sea of chanting, nearly-naked men tussle, push and shove towards the shrine. “Washoi! Washoi!” they yell - let’s go, let’s go.
The sea of chanting, nearly-naked men tussle, push and shove towards the shrine. “Washoi! Washoi!” they yell - let’s go, let’s go.
This this one festival, or does it occur in multiple places?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_bLrd4ttGb4&pp=ygUOSGFkYWthIE1hdHN1cmk%3D
Says this year will be the last, because organizing is becoming a burden to the aged temple people. And it says previous years had women too. (“like opening previous years to women”).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GAtTLq7XKw4&pp=ygUOSGFkYWthIE1hdHN1cmk%3D
This one, posted only days ago too, says first time women participate.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_7M9u-gM4Gk&pp=ygUOSGFkYWthIE1hdHN1cmk%3D
9000 men participating - quite a number