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4th April 2016, 01:07 PM
Why no festival in the US? American women should demand we have a festival too.
Annual PENIS FESTIVAL held to celebrate male genitals includes huge steel phallus being carried to ancient Japanese shrine
18:34, 4 APR 2016 UPDATED 20:09, 4 APR 2016
BY KIRSTIE MCCRUM
The annual event to honour fertility has drawn thousands of visitors in the last 39 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUn-GcuPeAQ&ebc=ANyPxKrSdqILOQrgo7xBXOU7TIe9UIpY6Kfm5KLxyn2vZJ n2lrV-lumnOJOzbRcwLBoFqqRtyMeP9uHm9DnKie_HDuCtEZkQRg
Aflo / Barcroft MediaA woman hugs a huge pink phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiA woman hugs a huge pink phallus during the festival, held every spring
An annual festival held to celebrate PENISES has been held - and hundreds have gathered to see enormous phalluses parade the streets.
Shinto Kanamara Matsuri, aka the Festival of the Steel Phallus, sees giant manhood-shaped shrines take over streets in Kawasaki, Japan.
Held every year, the event sees visitors coming from far afield to watch parades and chow down on phallus-shaped lollipops.
The event, which started in 1977 at the Kanayama Shrine , celebrates the male appendage and fertility .
It is believed to have its roots in the 17th Century, following the gory tale of a sharp-toothed demon who fell in love with a beautiful woman.
Aflo / Barcroft MediaParticipants carry a large steel phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiParticipants carry a large steel phallus during the Kanamara Festival in Kawasaki
Spurned by his lady, the demon proceeded to rob her subsequent lovers of their pride and joy in particularly horrific ways.
It was not until a local blacksmith forged a steel phallus, which broke the demon's teeth, that it was vanquished forever and the woman was free.
Aflo / Barcroft MediaA man takes a selfie with a huge pink phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiOnly a selfie stick can pick up the vastness of this pink penis
The "Festival of the Steel Phallus" was then born and the Kanayama Shrine became renowned as a site for sex workers to pray for protection against STIs .
The site is also said to aid fertility, and has become popular with the LGBT community.
Aflo / Barcroft MediaParticipants carry a large steel phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiThe festival is to celebrate fertility and promote sexual health
Nowadays, it reportedly raises awareness about safe sex practices and raises funds for HIV prevention.
It's not the only penis-celebrating event in Japan's annual calendar.
Damon Coulter / Barcroft MediaJapanese men wearing joke glassesSome fun attendees wear joke glasses with penis nose pieces
Hōnen Matsuri is another fertility festival which takes place every spring in Komaki features Shinto priests playing musical instruments, a parade of ceremonially garbed participants, all-you-can-drink sake.
Pride of place is given to a 280 kg, 2.5m-long wooden phallus.
Damon Coulter / Barcroft MediaShrine workers and shrine maidensShrine workers and shrine maidens collect donations and give blessings
The wooden phallus is carried from a shrine called Shinmei Sha - in even-numbered years - on a large hill or from Kumano-sha Shrine - in odd-numbered years - to a shrine called Tagata Jinja.
Annual PENIS FESTIVAL held to celebrate male genitals includes huge steel phallus being carried to ancient Japanese shrine
18:34, 4 APR 2016 UPDATED 20:09, 4 APR 2016
BY KIRSTIE MCCRUM
The annual event to honour fertility has drawn thousands of visitors in the last 39 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUn-GcuPeAQ&ebc=ANyPxKrSdqILOQrgo7xBXOU7TIe9UIpY6Kfm5KLxyn2vZJ n2lrV-lumnOJOzbRcwLBoFqqRtyMeP9uHm9DnKie_HDuCtEZkQRg
Aflo / Barcroft MediaA woman hugs a huge pink phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiA woman hugs a huge pink phallus during the festival, held every spring
An annual festival held to celebrate PENISES has been held - and hundreds have gathered to see enormous phalluses parade the streets.
Shinto Kanamara Matsuri, aka the Festival of the Steel Phallus, sees giant manhood-shaped shrines take over streets in Kawasaki, Japan.
Held every year, the event sees visitors coming from far afield to watch parades and chow down on phallus-shaped lollipops.
The event, which started in 1977 at the Kanayama Shrine , celebrates the male appendage and fertility .
It is believed to have its roots in the 17th Century, following the gory tale of a sharp-toothed demon who fell in love with a beautiful woman.
Aflo / Barcroft MediaParticipants carry a large steel phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiParticipants carry a large steel phallus during the Kanamara Festival in Kawasaki
Spurned by his lady, the demon proceeded to rob her subsequent lovers of their pride and joy in particularly horrific ways.
It was not until a local blacksmith forged a steel phallus, which broke the demon's teeth, that it was vanquished forever and the woman was free.
Aflo / Barcroft MediaA man takes a selfie with a huge pink phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiOnly a selfie stick can pick up the vastness of this pink penis
The "Festival of the Steel Phallus" was then born and the Kanayama Shrine became renowned as a site for sex workers to pray for protection against STIs .
The site is also said to aid fertility, and has become popular with the LGBT community.
Aflo / Barcroft MediaParticipants carry a large steel phallus during the Kanamara Festival in KawasakiThe festival is to celebrate fertility and promote sexual health
Nowadays, it reportedly raises awareness about safe sex practices and raises funds for HIV prevention.
It's not the only penis-celebrating event in Japan's annual calendar.
Damon Coulter / Barcroft MediaJapanese men wearing joke glassesSome fun attendees wear joke glasses with penis nose pieces
Hōnen Matsuri is another fertility festival which takes place every spring in Komaki features Shinto priests playing musical instruments, a parade of ceremonially garbed participants, all-you-can-drink sake.
Pride of place is given to a 280 kg, 2.5m-long wooden phallus.
Damon Coulter / Barcroft MediaShrine workers and shrine maidensShrine workers and shrine maidens collect donations and give blessings
The wooden phallus is carried from a shrine called Shinmei Sha - in even-numbered years - on a large hill or from Kumano-sha Shrine - in odd-numbered years - to a shrine called Tagata Jinja.