Kenai Peninsula children’s theater destroyed in weekend blaze Published February 21
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Print article By the time Joe Rizzo reached the Triumvirate Theatre in Nikiski early Saturday, he could see flames pouring from the back of the building where his office sits, he said. By the time the blaze was under control, Rizzo, who is president of the nonprofit children’s theater, said the entire building was destroyed. “The thing with fires is that, when you have a flood or an earthquake, there are things that can be salvaged,” he said. “But with fires it’s just like everything kind of evaporates, like it never even existed. . There’s really only one corner of the building where it’s even recognizable as things inside. In the theater, the backstage is just like charcoal.”
Japan s naked festival Hadaka Matsuri a stripped back affair in Okayama
22 Feb, 2021 08:09 PM
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The Naked Festival at Saidaiji Temple in 2017, looked very different to this year. Photo / Getty Images
The Naked Festival at Saidaiji Temple in 2017, looked very different to this year. Photo / Getty Images
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This time last year, the Saidaiji Kannonin temple in Japan s Okayama prefecture was a writhing ball of flesh.
The Hadaka Matsuri or Naked Festival is a hugely popular attraction which sees thousands of men gathering from across the southern part of Honshu Island. On the third Saturday of February they are invited to strip down to a simple loincloth and join the fray to battle for holy sticks . The fertility festival has roots going back almost 1000 years.