The Kanamara Matsuri, literally translated to the festival of the iron penis, is a Shinto festival (a native religion of Japan that provides for the worship of kami, deities, natural spirits or simply spiritual presences) that is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of April and takes place in Kawasaki, Japan.
The legend dates back to 1600 and tells of a young woman struck by a curse that led her to hide a demon inside her vagina that castrated the unfortunate who had intimate relations with her. A blacksmith made him an iron penis capable of breaking the demon’s teeth, thus the Wakamiya shrine was born in his honor. This holy place later became half of the prostitutes who asked for protection against venereal diseases.
The festival, which consists of a parade of giant phalluses, was first held in 1977 and is now linked to the theme of fertility and marital happiness.
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