NAMIE, Fukushima --- Fifty-four horses with riders dressed as samurai paradedon Saturdayin Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, as part of the Soma Nomaoi festival. This is the first time the horsemen have paraded since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Designated by the central government as an important intangible folk cultural property, Soma Nomaoi is a traditional festival in the Soma region of the prefecture. On this first day of the festival, the samurai horsemen parade started shortly after8 a.m.Shell horns blew as the mounted warriors paraded along a 1-kilometer route in the central part of the town as the local residents gathered to watch them. "I've gotten courage from their h...
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