Celebrated every January 15th for the last 300 years the Japanese Bridgegroom Throwing is a combination newlywed initiation / Lunar New Year event. The tradition meant to strengthen the recent marriages involves the grooms being carried through town on the shoulders of other men, they are then given a few rounds of sake after which they are thrown off the cliff to roll their way to the bottom and their waiting wives. Once they make it to the bottom the grooms have to light a bonfire, next they mix the ashes with some snow then the happy couple rub the mixture over each others faces shouting "Congratulations!"
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