There’s a saying that goes, “if you didn’t laugh, you’d cry”.
But in Japan, they take it a little more literally.
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But in Japan, they take it a little more literally.
#Japan #Festival #Laughing
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00:00Now, there's a saying that goes, if you didn't laugh, you'd cry.
00:04It means using humor to get through bad times.
00:07But in Japan, they take it all a bit more literally.
00:18Laughing away the year's bad memories,
00:21over a thousand people took part in the annual end-of-year ritual
00:25at a shrine in Osaka, where they laughed for 20 minutes straight.
00:31The ceremony also provides a chance for participants to wish for good luck in the coming year.
00:36The tradition is rooted in the Japanese myth
00:40that the gods danced and laughed to entice the sun goddess out of her cave.