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Ukrainian woman in traditional dress and a vinók wreath | The Ukrainian wreath crown—or vinók—in traditional Ukrainian culture, is made from real flowers and worn by girls and young unmarried women. A special vinók is often created by close female relatives of a bride the night before her wedding day. During a traditional wedding ceremony, the vinók is replaced by the ochipok, a cap that the bride would wear for the rest of her life
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The Akita Kantō Festival in Akita City, Japan. Celebrated by the city in the hope of a good harvest. Around 200 bamboo poles 16 to 39 feet long, bearing 24 or 46 lanterns - topped with gohei - and weighing up to 110 lbs, are carried through the streets by night on the palms, foreheads, shoulders or lower backs of the celebrants.
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