NAGASAKI, Feb 26 (News On Japan) –
The Nagasaki Lantern Festival concluded Sunday with massive crowds having fun with the standard Chinese artwork of “Bian Lian,” or face-changing performances.
The “Nagasaki Lantern Festival” is a winter custom in Nagasaki, a metropolis with a protracted historical past of worldwide change, timed to coincide with the Chinese Lunar New Year. This yr, for the primary time in 4 years, the pageant was held on its regular scale.
On the ultimate day, February twenty fifth, a face-changing present happened at one of many venues, the Nagasaki Confucius Shrine in Oura-machi, Nagasaki City, attracting about 800 guests, resulting in entry restrictions to cease overcrowding. The viewers gave a spherical of applause to the skillful performers, who donned colourful costumes and adjusted their masks one after one other. A 23-year-old lady from Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, who visited along with her sister, stated, “I was watching closely, but I couldn’t figure out how they changed the masks, and it was interesting. Now I want to go around the city and enjoy sightseeing.” This yr’s “Nagasaki Lantern Festival” happened over a interval of 17 days, from February ninth, and in keeping with Nagasaki City, a record-breaking 1.21 million individuals visited through the pageant.
Source: NHK