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Mochitsuki Festival
PHOTOS By ERWIN ENCINARES
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- A group known as “Marianas Ukulele” performs for the crowd during the last day of the Christmas in the Marianas and the Mochitsuki Festival last Dec. 30, 2016, at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan.
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- A tourist prepares to pound the mocha with a “kine,” a traditional Japanese mallet used for pounding mochi as water in splashed onto the mochi in between pounding to prevent it from sticking to the stone bowl, or “usu.”
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- Staff from the Kinpachi Japanese restaurant prepares the freshly made mochi for serving to festivalgoers.
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- A passing construction worker is attracted by the sweet smelling red bean stew.
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- Performers impress the crowd with both cute dance numbers and traditional performances during the Christmas in the Marianas last Dec. 30, 2016, at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan.
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- Performers impress the crowd with both cute dance numbers and traditional performances during the Christmas in the Marianas last Dec. 30, 2016, at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan.
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- Performers impress the crowd with both cute dance numbers and traditional performances during the Christmas in the Marianas last Dec. 30, 2016, at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan.
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- Performers impress the crowd with both cute dance numbers and traditional performances during the Christmas in the Marianas last Dec. 30, 2016, at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan.
