Dance participants paint their faces to look like ogres, and each team has their own unique homemade costumes.

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Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers and spectators at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Dancers at the Okayama Uraja Festival in Okayama City, Japan. © 2010 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

All photos shot with Nikon D200 and Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. Edited in Lightroom 5.7.

写真の撮影場所：岡山県・岡山市・岡山うらじゃ