Monks anxiously await the beginning
The lighting of the lantern
The procession begins....
We met back up with the procession at the bottom, and yes...we had to go back down the stairs...ugh
This is not a KKK event...I promise
They lit fires so that we could actually see the dancers and musicians
They next brought down the kids
But no child sacrifices were made =)
Then the rest of the procession followed
Flags next
Musicians....I might add they sounded similar to marching kazoos with accompaniment
They carried down drums and other interesting objects
The dancer is hard to see because they people were literally standing right next to me
After the dancer, they brought out the fire staffs
They then performed a ritual which I couldn't actually see
Then they began to head towards the end temple
More procession
still more
Our buddies
The dancer, but you can barely see her
The end
Turtles you can buy...meccha kawaii
Street fires as festivity?
SUNRISE IN YAWATA
Bart and Deborah welcome sunrise from the train
