IN PICTURES: Japanese celebrate unique 'Kasedori festival' listed by UNESCO

In this picture, Participants dressed in Kendai walk to the village to perform a dance during the 'Kasedori Festival to pray for good harvest, good fortune and fire prevention while local people wait in the streets with buckets and ladles to splash cold water onto the performers. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Residents of Kaminoyama, Japan celebrated the UNESCO listed Kasedori festival on Monday, February 11, 2019. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The festival is part of the ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes known as Raiho-shin, which was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2018m, Japan News reported. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The festival is celebrated to wartd off misfortune and to bring in good luck. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

As per reports, men get dressed like Kasedori which, as per the beliefs, is the bird messenger of God. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Participants are dressed in Kendai, which is a bird-shaped coat made up of straws. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)