THE SHISA: Okinawa's Water Spitting Tradition

Shisa are a very common feature and distinctive trait of the culture of the Okinawa islands, and it is simply impossible to ignore them when staying on the islands.

This amusing part-lion animal is represented as a couple:

A closed-mouth female supposed to keep in the good spirits;
An open-mouthed male supposed to scare evil spirits away.

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