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National Geographic Photo of the Day 每日 一圖 2013.12. (National Geographic Photo Contest Images). Festival Performers, Japan Photograph by Benoit Hardy-Chartrand. Wintry Wait Photograph by Johnny Haglund. Seagulls, Alaska Photograph by Court Leve. Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
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National Geographic Photo of the Day 每日一圖2013.12 (National Geographic Photo Contest Images) Festival Performers, Japan Photograph by Benoit Hardy-Chartrand
Wintry Wait Photograph by Johnny Haglund
Seagulls, Alaska Photograph by Court Leve
Gothic Quarter, Barcelona Photograph by Jordi Boixareu
Lake Carezza, Italy Photograph by Antonio Chiumenti
Eastern Screech Owlets Photograph by Graham McGeorge
Lighthouse, Portugal Photograph by Veselin Malinov
Skateboarders, San Francisco Photograph by Matthieu Moors
Seaside Park, Japan Photograph by Hideyuki Katagiri
Reflection, Hungary Photograph by Zsolt Szabo
Landscape, Latvia Photograph by Mihails Ignats
Deer, Richmond Park Photograph by Prashant Meswani
Cabin, Croatia Photograph by Marin Suöli
Tree Canopy, Berlin Photograph by Kevin Connolly
Bride, Kosovo Photograph by Nita Zeqiri
Skógafoss, Iceland Photograph by Jorunn Sjofn Gudlaugsdottir
Sunbathing Cows, Andalusia Photograph by Andrew Lever
Above the Namib Desert Photograph by Chris Schmid
Monastery in Mandalay Photograph by Marcelo Salvador
Aflutter Along the Iguazu Photograph by Daniel Pinheiro
Imperiled Rhino Photograph by Richard Young
The Blessed Man Photograph by Yosuke Kashiwakura
The Saidai-ji Eyo festival, considered one of the three strangest festivals in Japan, is a Buddhist ritual in which 9,000 men compete to grab just a pair of sacred wooden batons to decide who will be the "blessed man" for the year. The over 500-year-old tradition of Eyo is based on an underlying understanding of the state of human life, greater than the ideals and trends of a single generation, and this idea has been cherished and passed down through the centuries. 日本岡山市的西大寺觀音院舉行的裸祭節為日本的三大“奇祭”之一。在寒冷的2月,只穿著兜襠褲的男子們奮力爭奪據說可以帶來福氣的木棒“寶木”。“寶木”兩根為一對,長約20厘米,並經過了14天的祈禱。當天晚10點,西大寺的住持從高約4米的正殿的窗戶將寶木扔下。用冷水清洗過身體,“熱氣騰騰”的數千人開始了一場“肉搏”戰。經過激烈的搶奪競技之後,搶到寶木的男子們就可以進行下一步儀式-受封為「福男」。
Frosted Tamarack Swamp Photograph by Adam Dorn
There's Always One Photograph by Yashani Shantha
A Shepherd's Flock Photograph by Juan Aguilar
Shy Sea Lion Photograph by Ron Watkins
Street Colors, Hong Kong Photograph by Brian Yen
Burnt Trees, Yellowstone Photograph by Chaoying Zhao
The White Cliffs of Iturup Photograph by Alexey Kharitonov
Pink Morning Photograph by David Köster
Frosty Glance Photograph by Sandor Csudai 12/31/2013 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from National Geographic THE END