"Only men and young boys can attend the festival. They carry portable shrines called Mikoshi and many colorful bamboo sticks. They hit each portable shrine until one of them is broken. Sometimes, people get injured but they don’t care about it. I tried to capture the faces of men who are carrying very heavy float." - Buddhika Weerasinghe | October 15, 2016 | #GettyImagesNews _ Photographer Buddhika Weerasinghe covered the #NadaNoKenkaMatsuri, or Nada Fighting Festival, in Himeji, Japan this week and is providing a behind the lens look at his coverage. [2 of 3]