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Summary
A Japanese local helps Sherry Beck, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, get dressed in a summertime Kimono, called a Yukata, during the Bon Odori festival at the Kinjuen nursing home in Iwakuni City, Japan, Aug. 14, 2019. Station residents were invited to participate in a Bon Odori festival through the Marine Corps Community Services Cultural Adaptation Program. Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom, meant to honor the spirits of their ancestors. Highlights from the festival were the Bon Odori dance, Yukatas and eating traditional Japanese summer foods. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lauren Brune)
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14/08/2019
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