The Kamo (Aoi) Festival
gingerly parading for almost 1,500 years!
Word definitions
procession (n.): a ceremonial, often slower, type of parade
named after (v.): having something/someone as the origin of its/their name
glow-up (n.): (informal) a dramatic positive change in someone or something’s appearance
cite (v.): point to a text or author as evidence for something
crop failure (n.): food plants dying or not producing anything/enough during harvest
deity (n.): a god/goddess (often in a religion with many of them)
appease (v.): do/say things to please or calm someone down
commoners (n.): ordinary people (not of high class/rank)
aristocratic (adj.): belonging to the higher classes of society
ox (n.): a male cow/buffalo (bull), often trained and castrated ( = can’t produce children)
keep an eye out (idiom): watch carefully for someone or something to appear
envoy (n.): a messenger or representative sent by an important person/group
gallop (v.): (for horses) to cause to run at a fast pace
horse around (idiom): play around / behave in a silly, rough, or noisy way