Hundreds of dancers have demonstrated their skills in Awa Odori festival

Hundreds of dancers have demonstrated their skills simultaneously at the Awa Odori festival in the western Japanese city of Tokushima.

Full-scale outdoor performances started at several venues on Tuesday. As the climax of the day, “so-odori” dancing was staged at one of the sites, involving 1,700 dancers from 15 groups showing off their superlative skills. Women executed elegant dance moves in sync with one another, while men danced energetically. The Awa Odori festival will continue through Friday.