(March 15, 2015 at 7:02 pm)abaris Wrote: A giant penis on parade to pray for fertility.
Quote: The first Sunday in April marks the celebration of the Shinto fertility festival, the Kanamara Matsuri or the “Festival of the Steel Phallus.” Known colloquially as the “Penis Festival”, these festivities celebrate just that: the power of the humble penis. And it is an event that is gaining increasing popularity, especially among foreign visitors, each year.
http://notesofnomads.com/kanamara-penis-festival-japan/
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That's already a very tame, politically correct version of the iron fallus festival parade. Traditionally the float with the penis is supposed to be carried by nearly naked teenage girls wearing only traditional japanese loin cloths. If you ever seen traditional japanese loin cloth from the front, you know they are not designed for even the least pretense of modesty.
