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During the festival in the daytime, the eight official floats with twelve great flags hoisted on the four large ones are carried for a parade, followed by some small floats for children. But in the nighttime, the floats are completely transformed into pyramids of light—huge
Lantern Yamakasa floats,
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Yamagasa (or Yamakasa) are very large floats, and are the focal point of the festival. There are four regions of Tobata which participate: Higashi, Nishi, Tenraiji and Nakabaru. Each region has a large Yamagasa for men and a small one for boys, making eight main floats in total.
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to disperse the plague, their prayers were answered and all of the villagers with the plague were cured. At that time the villagers held the
Yamakasa Festival as the celebration event of the answer to their prayers.
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Yamagasa festival for ladies has been started .
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