r/PublicFreakout • u/sakhaliner • 21h ago

😫Chaos Moment🫨 "Danjiri" float overturns at Osaka's annual festival

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u/sakhaliner 21h ago

Two people were killed and 16 injured in two separate incidents across Osaka Prefecture. This video shows one of them.

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u/Jozefstoeptegel 21h ago

Is this something that happens frequently? Because that seemed dangerous even when things were still going well.

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u/sakhaliner 21h ago

Yes, the high-speed cornering (yarimawashi) is part of the performance. The article mentions that too. Here's the wikipedia article about the festival.

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u/Jozefstoeptegel 20h ago

Interesting read. It seems like it's one of those traditions where the risk of injury is somewhat accepted, like bullfighting.

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u/sgtbackpain03 15h ago

Or like the downhill cheese wheel run in England.