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Demons out and good fortune in . That's

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what we're wishing for here at Imoti

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Shrine just outside of Sasabo . I'm

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Petty Officer Joseph Vasquez here to

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celebrate Sasabu .

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Setsubun is a traditional Japanese

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festival that marks the end of winter

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and the beginning of spring . The word

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Setsubun literally means seasonal

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division . Seibu is

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celebrated by throwing roasted soybeans

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while chanting Oni wasotohukua uchi or

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devil's out , fortune in in the hopes

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of warding off the previous year's bad

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spirits .

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However you celebrate , we hope you

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have a great spring season . This is

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Petty Officer Joseph Vasquez reporting

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from Sasabo .