Toyama Prefecture is famous as one of the foremost traditional place of Shishimai. "Shishimai" (Japanese lion dance) is the traditional Japanese performing arts, in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to festival music.
On September 2nd, hiwatari, a traditional fire-walking ritual, take place at Futakuchi Kumano-jinja Shrine in Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture as annual autumn festival. . boredpanda.com
In December of 2019, I decided to travel to Bulgaria. I went there to expand my ongoing photography project about the personal journeys of young individuals who will ultimately become the 'torch carriers' of ancient cultures and traditions. [Read More]
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Photographer Zsolt Repasy describes himself as a photographer of “folklore, traditions & forgotten values,” and nowhere is that passion more obvious than in his images of Hungarian shepherds.
Tattooing plays a major role in certain communities. Some people use their body as an art canvas to reflect their status, ideology, memorable stories, etc..
Some of you may have heard of the name of large cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan, but how many of you know our region, Hokuriku? It was ruled by a feudal lord Maeda who was one of the richest samurai in Japan hundreds of years ago.
Asian cultures have ways of giving thanks that may seem unusual to those living in the Western world. At one photography school in Thailand, there’s an annual tradition of giving thanks with an impressive altar of DSLR camera gear.