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Some of the more traditional festivities were underway near a shrine, so we got ayurveda to observe. In a large (and incredibly hot) courtyard, there were booths set up – one or each village/town around Osaka. Each booth had some kind of an altar (looked like a mini shrine) rigged up on a frame that could be carried. This ayurveda from now on is referred to as a “carrying thing”. Some looked way to big to be lifted. Anyhow, we got to see one of the carrying ceremonies. As we watched, a group of older girls dressed in identical traditional ayurveda clothes picked up the carrying thing (which was very elaborate and all covered in gold leaf), chanting a phrase. Yoshi explained that the phrase doesn’t actually mean anything, it is just something Japanese people (at least in Osaka) chant to open a festival. So about twelve or fifteen girls carried the carrying thing around the courtyard, rocking it around, tossing it, making the carrying thing glisten and chime in the sunlight.
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