More than 9,000 Japanese men took part in Hadaka Matsuri - known as Naked Festival - at Saidaiji Temple on Saturday Feb 15,2014
Donned white loincloths, before stepping into cold fountains, where they purified their bodies with water
Then battled fiercely with each other in bid to grab lucky sticks being thrown by priest at temple in Okayama
According to Japanese tradition, anyone who gets catches the items and thrusts them in a wooden measuring box, called the masu, is blessed with 12 months of luck and happiness.
Sacred batons are believed to bring good luck and happiness for an entire year to whoever catches them
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