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In this photo released 29 December 2016 is seen the renowned Japanese yamabushi, mountain priest, Fumihiro Hoshino during his ascetic training on Haguro Mountain in the Dewa Sanzan pilgrimage region of Tsuruoka city, Yamagata prefecture, Japan, 28 December 2016. Hoshino is part of a 1,400 year old mountain asceticism tradition, called yamabushi. The mountain priests engage in mountain trekking, sleep deprivation, fasting and cold-water ablutions in order to achieve spiritual and physical cleansing. The Dewa Sansan region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA)
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