This is a type of Japanese festival where participants wear a minimum amount of clothing, instead of going completely naked. Outfits usually compromise of a Japanese loincloth (called fundoshi) with a short happi coat. Naked festivals are held in dozens of places throughout Japan every year, usually in the summer or winter. Hidden somewhere in the midst of all these men in loincloths is one fully naked man, who is believed to bring good luck and happiness.
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*OTHER POPULAR FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD* January: *Chinese New Year* – Hong Kong, China February: *Rio Carnival* – Rio de Janiero, Brazil March: *St Patrick’s Day Parade* – Dublin, Ireland May: *White Nights Festival *– St Petersburg, Russia June: *Rathra Yathra Chariot Festival* – Puri, India July: *Running with the Bulls - *Pamplona, Spain August: *Edinburgh Military Tattoo* – Edinburgh Castle, Scotland September: *Oktoberfest *- Munich, Germany October: *Halloween* - Transylvania, Romania December:*Hogmanay - *Edinburgh, Scotland
