Japan
The Kanamara Festival
If you ever happen to be wandering the streets near Kawasaki Daishi Temple on the first Sunday in April, you may stumble across a rather colourful parade, let by a giant, metallic, very bright pink fertility symbol -- more specifically, a boy fertility symbol. Famous for ridding the town of a nasty, sharp-fanged creature which lived in a places where it's non-metallic brethren liked to hang out, it is carried triumphantly through the town once a year. Seen from a distance, it bobs improbably, and one can almost imagine that it propelling itself, like a little kid walking on his bottom, using the rough analogue of it's bottom. Of course, that is only one of the many amusing sites to be seen at the Kanamara festival -- a festival with more boy fertility symbols knocking about than you can shake a fist at. The only thing more amusing than those, is the crowd. Even mature adults, it seems, are not beyond giggling when confronted with naughty bits.
Rather than catalogue the many variations on boy parts which the temple has to offer, I opted for more detailed studies of the effects of two varieties of phallus, one large and one small, on those in attendance.
The "Woody" Study
The Lollipop Study: Man, Woman and the elusive Couple Shot
Daikon Lady
P.S. For those who might want to attend, note that this festival has many of the more traditional charms and elements, like drums and markets
