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Old 11-15-2010, 10:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Oh, those wacky Japanese

Did you know that in Japan there is a festival celebrating the penis and a similar one for the vagina? It, er, comes complete with genital-shaped candies, carved vegetables and enormous carved genitalia that are paraded through the streets and brought to the local shrine. This story has a description with slideshow.

To give you an idea of the festivities, here are some photos:









and souvenirs:

Seems to me like a very worthwhile celebration. Though the picture of the old man praying to the carved wooden penis was a bit creepy.
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