"Bare Body Festival" with 10,000 people intertwined..男 Three people are unconscious

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A number of injuries occurred at Japan's naked festival.

According to the Asahi Shimbun on the 22nd, six people were injured and taken to a hospital during the annual traditional festival "West Daizi 会" at Saitaiji Gwaneumwon in Dong-gu, Okayama, on the afternoon of the 21st. Among them, three men in their 40s and 50s are known to be unconscious.

Siddaji Huiyang is called Hadaka Matsuri (Bare Body Festival), and it is an event designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the ladle. About 10,000 people participated in the event, and they competed for a view (a wooden pillar symbolizing good luck) in a traditional white hundoshi.

According to the Okayama Eastern Police Department, six men participating in the festival were injured and taken to a hospital in the city that night. Among them, three men between their 40s and 50s were found unconscious.

Police and fire authorities believe they fell unconscious in the crowd during the bogey scramble and are investigating the details.

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