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A local Japanese man holds a traditional firework housed in a bamboo tube and reinforced with hemp rope during a ceremony at the Matsudaira Toshogu Shinto Shrine, in Matsudaira village, Toyota city, Aichi province, Japan, 11 April 2015. Participants in the event, traditionally an offering to the local gods, suffer varying degrees of burns to their body. The Mikawa region of Aichi province is famed for its firework tradition and the bravery of the local men. Traditionally, Mikawa men were considered to be the finest samurai warriors. (Photo by Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA)
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