Sendai "Flower Festival" to celebrate the birth of Buddha; children perform a child procession. Flower festivals are held at temples around this time every year in connection with the Buddhist legend that Buddha was born in April about 2,500 years ago.
The children performed a procession of children, with boys wearing golden embosses and girls wearing golden crowns. They then used a ladle to pour sweet tea on a statue of Buddha sitting on the back of a white elephant, which is considered the most sacred animal in Buddhism.