An annual event of cleaning images of Buddha was held on December 8 at Horyuji-temple that has the oldest wooden building in the world. The event has been staged since it was designated as the World Heritage in 1994. Priests wearing masks dusted statues of a national treasure carefully to prepare for the coming New Year. (Sankei News)Wednesday, December 8, 2010
"CLEANING THE BODY" at Horyuji-temple to Clean One Year's Dust
An annual event of cleaning images of Buddha was held on December 8 at Horyuji-temple that has the oldest wooden building in the world. The event has been staged since it was designated as the World Heritage in 1994. Priests wearing masks dusted statues of a national treasure carefully to prepare for the coming New Year. (Sankei News)
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