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"Men naked except for loincloths gathered at the Buddhist temple\'s Kikkodo main hall after the ringing of a bell at 8:30 p.m. They then cleansed themselves with cold water and climbed up a rope to the ceiling.The festival participants prayed for good health in this year, fulfillment of their hopes and desires, and early restoration of people\'s daily lives damaged by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and heavy rains in that year that hit hard western Fukushima Pref."