*Ø* Blogmanac August 12-15 | Awa Odori Bon-dance, Tokushima, Japan

“One of Japan's most famous Bon festivals. Over a million people visit every year to watch and take part in the Awa Odori, a local folk dance set to traditional music. Awa dance is said to be a ‘fool's dance’. A well known saying runs, ‘it's a fool who dances and a fool who watches, so if both are fools, you may as well dance!’. The atmosphere is infectious and many thousands dance in the streets, giving the whole city centre a real carnival atmosphere.” Source