Sexy Weird Japanese Samba
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One of my favorites festivals of the year has to be the out-of-place Samba Carnival in the traditional town of Asakusa in Tokyo where they have one of the oldest Buddhist Temple complexes in Japan.
Every year for almost 30 years, Asakusa puts on reportedly one of the largest samba celebration outside of Brazil. Several thousand people participate. Each year samba groups adopt a theme and make gorgeous costumes. Some are down right wild and weird. One theme seemed to be the Aztecs of Mexico. They had people holding giant human hearts and giant one on a platter. Some of the dancers looked like skeletons whose rib cages had been pried open to get take out the heart. Weird stuff!
And as usual, sexy samba girls were there to turn up the already steaming heat.
Every year for almost 30 years, Asakusa puts on reportedly one of the largest samba celebration outside of Brazil. Several thousand people participate. Each year samba groups adopt a theme and make gorgeous costumes. Some are down right wild and weird. One theme seemed to be the Aztecs of Mexico. They had people holding giant human hearts and giant one on a platter. Some of the dancers looked like skeletons whose rib cages had been pried open to get take out the heart. Weird stuff!
And as usual, sexy samba girls were there to turn up the already steaming heat.
Sep 6, 2010 11:30 AM
Re: Sexy Weird Japanese Samba
Awww, the ganguro girls are having a hell of time sticking out in that crowd.
Hey Samurai Dave, you planing on visiting the Yamabushi any time in the future? I would love to see some footage of that. I think they do an annual festival on Mt Takao, Tokyo. They do fire walking and demonstrate a little of their warrior monk past. They also hang around the series of temples and shrines in the forests of Haguro San (not sure if they do anything there though).
Hey Samurai Dave, you planing on visiting the Yamabushi any time in the future? I would love to see some footage of that. I think they do an annual festival on Mt Takao, Tokyo. They do fire walking and demonstrate a little of their warrior monk past. They also hang around the series of temples and shrines in the forests of Haguro San (not sure if they do anything there though).
By: mastershredder
Re: Sexy Weird Japanese Samba
I saw yamabushi do firewalking at Odawara near Takoa. I think I posted a link here to that
By: samuraidave
