Other people's festivals

Japan....Setsubun is held on the 3rd or 4th of February and signals the start of spring. More details here at Japan-Guide It could be just the excuse you need for making and wearing the above mask, traditionally worn while you scatter beans with abandon to guarantee good luck. I originally downloaded the pdf from Canon 3D, but when I looked tonight to post the link it had vanished. So I've done the decent thing (but probably infringed copyright in the process!) and uploaded the "here's one I did earlier" to the boxfiles on the right hand side of the blog.