Photo taken on March 12 show the annual Omizutori Festival, a "water-drawing fire ceremony" hosted at the Todaiji Temple in western Japan's Nara prefecture. /VCG Photo

Omizutori is a series of spring rites held each year from March 1-14 which dates back to over 1,000 years. It involves lighting and hanging torches to create strips of fire on the sides of the temple, for the purpose of driving away malicious forces and ensuring good health in the year ahead. /VCG Photo

It is believed that people attend this ceremony to cleanse themselves of sins and for good luck to be protected from the evil if they're showered with one of the fire sparks from the torches. /VCG Photo