Posted on 02/04/2021 8:53:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
Seeking a deeper bond in a new marriage? Maybe tossing the groom into deep snow can help.
Such a unique Lunar New Year tradition was held on Friday at Matsunoyama Onsen in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture.
The custom is said to have started as vengeance against a stranger who took a girl from the village, and has a history of more than 300 years.
Last year, the event was held at a different location due to shortage of snow, but returned to its usual setting this time after the area received over 2 meters of snow.
A 31 year-old man and his 35 year-old wife were chosen from applicants to participate in the event.
After his wife implored him to “look cool as you fly [in the air],” local men carried the husband away on their shoulders. The men counted out, “One, two, three,” before launching the husband high into the air. He hit the snow and rolled down the slope to where his wife was waiting.
Due to the pandemic, the serving of amazake hot rice drink was canceled.
“We kept the traditional culture going,” the husband said. “I am glad to be on a page of history.”
Inscrutable
Idiotic
And for old time’s sake, the locals beheaded a half dozen Hakujin.
A Japanese Shivaree.
Our family would wait until summer then make a lot of noise and surprise the bride and groom.
If the groom could be caught, the men would ride him on a rail to the river and throw him in. Usually, the groom would
catch the bride and throw her in the river too.
There was no alcohol involved, just a lot of good clean fun.
The wedding tradition of tying cans to the bumper of the wedding car comes from the French custom of throwing a “charivari” for the couple. The “charivari” was essentially a celebration that took place on a night before the wedding. Neighbors would walk down the streets and bang their pots and pans to make as much noise as possible throughout the village in order to scare away evil spirits. Since cans make noise when dragged behind a moving car, the classic “charivari” was adapted to simply tying cans to the wedding car bumper.
I’d be more concerned with “shrinkage.”
He actually may be wearing the boots (not just the socks, hard to tell from the bottom. :)
all the better to swim with- they come from the phelps clan, a great and mighty swimming clan
Matsunoyama Onsen
https://travel.gaijinpot.com/matsunoyama-onsen/
He had a nice soak in the hot tub waiting for him after this. Japanese onsens are one of the finest things in that country of fine things.
For fishing.
What if the Groom is a Sumo Wrestler?
I attached cans to a ‘getaway’ car of a Japanese couple about to depart on their honeymoon. Soaped up the windows, too.
They were not amused.
This Ain’t My Monkey Babe, This Ain’t My Circus. Saw this group at Gruene Hall Texas. Great Show! Funky.
Ain’t My Monkey - SlimBawb & The Fabulous StumpGrinders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aepnCwzHmho
Thanks for sending that along. I enjoyed it!
it’s all down hill from there...
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