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Old 2012-01-17, 11:44   Link #2026
Sumeragi
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Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil View Post
For picture 3, why do the Japanese carry their portable shrine almost naked? I am aware that it is some sort of tradition, but still, it has to start from somewhere.
Fundoshi represents purity and dignity. This was taken to the point that according to folklore, people wouldn't drink from a well where a person not wearing a fundoshi had went in to get something that had fallen into that well.
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