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Kanamara Matsuri, Japan

The name of the Kanamara festival translates as “iron cock” and generally has no secret meaning, but directly refers to the object of the celebration. However, according to one version, it is simply a festival of fertility and procreation.

The celebration begins at a small temple in the city of Kawasaki, near Tokyo. The temple was built in the Edo era with donations from prostitutes and was intended for them to come and pray for protection from syphilis and other diseases that these girls risked contracting.