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Participants fly an enormous kite during the Giant Kite Festival in Kasukabe City. Participants flew enormous kites in prayer for a bountiful harvest from their silkworm farming. The two most giant kites weigh 800 kg (the same weight as a small car) and are 11 meters wide by 15 meters high. The celebration had occurred yearly since 1841, except during the COVID-19 pandemic. It started when a visiting Buddhist monk informed the locals that a kite was flown to pray for a plentiful harvest of silkworms. The annual festival takes place this year from May 3 through May 5 for the first time in four years.
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