Danjiri
Matsuri: Part I -- Osaka's
rowdiest festival, large expensive mikoshi are run through
the city streets sometimes colliding with hapless spectators!
Length: 3 min
34 sec |
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Danjiri
Matsuri: Part II -- Video
taken from the street and a closeup view of the chaos of the festival!
Length: 1 min
47 sec |
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Danjiri
Matsuri: Part III -- At
night, children lead the procession of mikoshi alight with
paper lanterns.
Length: 39 sec
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Noh
Play --
A traditional theatre performance held at a local shrine and the food
stalls nearby.
Length: 5 min
34 sec
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Hanazumo
Matsuri: Part I --
Also known as the "Crying
Baby Sumo Festival", this festival enlists the aid of toddler
and infant sumo wrestlers. This video features the preparations.
Length:2 min
22 sec |
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Hanazumo
Matsuri: Part II-- Also known as the "Crying
Baby Sumo Festival", this festival enlists the aid of toddler
and infant sumo wrestlers. This video features the matches.
Length: 2 min
40 sec |
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Gozan
Fire Festival -- Every summer on August 16th, the mountains
of Kyoto light up with fire as monks burn 300 foot kanji visible
all over the city.
Length: 3 min
18 sec |
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Kada
Shrine -- A beautiful shrine and the site of the Hina
Matsuri festival which takes place every year on March 3.
Length: 3 min
8 sec |
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Great
Pyramids -- Descend
into one of the great pyramids of Egypt and see its inner stone chambers.
Length: 3 min
00 sec |
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Queen's
Pyramid -- See
and descend down into one of the queens' smaller pyramids.
Length: 1 min
51 sec |
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The
Sphinx -- Here
you can see the famous sphinx, its enclosure, nearby temple and the
erosion patterns that have caused a huge controversy.
Length: 3 min
00 sec |
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Saqqara
-- A
huge cemetery complex underneath the desert sands found very recently
only by accident!
Length: 3 min
43 sec
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Mosques
-- See
a selection of mosques in Cairo in this video clip.
Length: 4 min
36 sec |
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Khan
El-Khalili --
The world-famous Arabic marketplace is busy and colorful.
Length: 1 min
37 sec
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Karnak
Temple --
Probably the most built-up temple complex in all of Egypt and the
site of some of its most sacred ceremonies.
Length: 5 min
00 sec |
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Philae
Temple -- This temple was saved from being submerged by moving
it to higher ground nearby. See the last bastion of the Egyptian religion.
Length: 3 min
21 sec |
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Abydos
-- This beautiful temple was the burial place for the first kings
of a unified Egypt and is still one of the best preserved temples
along the Nile.
Length: 2 min
51 sec |
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Dendera
-- This late Egyptian temple is remarkably well-preserved and features
multiple levels that tourists can explore.
Length: 1 min
10 sec |
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