标题: Penis Festival [打印本页] 作者: 爱国爱港 时间: 2014-4-5 21:38:19 标题: Penis Festival
The Kanamara Matsuri, better known as the Penis Festival, will be held on Sunday from 11am to 6pm. The phallic festivities take place around Kanayama Shrine, Wakamiyahachimanguu in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. This bizarre festival has actually been held since the Edo period in honor of Kanamara, the god of…blacksmithing?
Kanamara originally seems to have been a patron of the smiths, but at some point along the way moved over into sex-related work and became busy answering prayers for prosperity in business, fertility, easy childbirth, marriage, protection from venereal disease, and harmony between husband and wife. In recent times the festival has also become a popular event for AIDS-prevention awareness.