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JAPAN’S ANNUAL TUG-OF-WAR FESTIVAL

The Ryukyu Kingdom Festival Tsunahiki recently took place in Okinawa, Japan.
Every October, hundreds of thousands of locals and spectators flood the city of Naha in Okinawa province to watch the Ryukyu Kingdom Festival Tsunahiki (translates as Rope Pulling Ritual).
Hundreds of local workers spend months weaving together rice straw into thin ropes to create [...]