In Japan, they celebrated the "Steel Penis Festival"

April 8, 2019

On Sunday was held in the Asian country the celebration to "ward off badually transmitted diseases".

Kanamara Matsuri o "Steel Penis Festival", took place at Kawasaki, is a Shinto festival, the indigenous religion of Japan, in tribute to the fertility celebrated on the first Sunday of April.

The event occurred among prostitutes for the purpose of "Protect yourself from badually transmitted diseases". It has its origin in Japan medieval, where geishas, They asked the blacksmith a giant metal penis to offer to the devil during the first days of April.

The images show penis figures of different colorsas well as festival-goers who take to the streets to dance and take pictures while the procession continues.

The belief was that satan was in the geisha's bad but he would lose his teeth when he tried to bite the prostitutes' offering.

At present, the tradition continues and continues on a larger scale. A large part of the Japanese population and foreign tourists come to the country with the intention of participating in the celebration. Several stores are responsible for selling products of all kinds in the form of penises, such as illustrations, candies, decorations, key chains, pens, carved vegetables and even excrement.

A man had to show his penis to corroborate that he had not killed his wife

"Officials who manage the human rights of the mayor's office arrived at the festival and distributed it in booklet form, making the festival a positive and non-discriminatory LGBT event. This event is deeply rooted in this type of thinking, and we do not want anyone else to take it. We believe that there should be no discrimination against anyone, including LGBT people, men, women or people who are not"He commented Kimiko Nakamura, organizer of the festival L & # 39; Independent.

Video: RT Actualidad.