massive mask added to Kannon at the Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin temple in Fukushima Prefecture.

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massive mask added to Kannon at the Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin temple in Fukushima Prefecture.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 21-06-16/

June 16 (Reuters) - Workers scaled a giant statue of a Buddhist goddess in Japan on Tuesday to place a custom-made mask on her face, an act meant to be a prayer for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

It took four workers three hours to carry the massive mask on ropes up the 57 m-high (187 ft) white statue of the Buddhist goddess Kannon - the Goddess of Mercy - at the Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin temple in Fukushima Prefecture.

They then unfurled the mask made with pink net fabric, measuring 4.1 m by 5.3 m and weighing 35 kg (77 pounds), across the lower half of the statue's face.
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Re: massive mask added to Kannon at the Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin temple in Fukushima Prefecture.

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That is very powerful. Thank you for sharing.
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