Omizutori

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The main event of Omizutori at Nigatsu-do, monks carry torches across the balcony.
The main event of Omizutori at Nigatsu-do, monks carry torches across the balcony.

Omizutori (お水取り), or Water-Drawing festival, is a Japanese Buddhist festival that takes place in the Nigatsu-dō of Tōdai-ji, Nara, Japan. The festival involves the observance of various Buddhist rites, Shuni-e, based around the classical elements of fire and water.

It has been held every spring on March 12 since 752.

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