Distorted view through heat haze and orange flames of a yellow robed Japanese Yamabushi monk during a ritual burning of old good luck papers.

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Size: 2592px × 3888px
Location: Mondo Yakujin Temple, Nishinomiya, Japan
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: abstract, bonfire, buddhist, burning, burns, ceremony, festival, fire, flames, heat, japanese, koyasan, man, mondo, monk, monks, priest, priests, ritual, sect, shingon, shotaizan, shugendō, tokoji, yaku-jin, yakujin, yamabushi, yellow