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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 15:41:25 JST kaia
   client must be very patient
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     bartholin (bartholin@fops.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 15:48:25 JST bartholin

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     @kaia Isn't this just the Oiran dōchū, aka the courtesan parade?
     
     They're just showing off
     
     >In the present day, a handful of tayū, who do not engage in prostitution as part of their role, continue to perform in Kyoto, alongside a number of oiran reenactors elsewhere in Japan who perform in reenactments of the courtesan parades known as oiran dōchū.
     
     >The oiran, who are named Shinano, Sakura, and Bunsui, walk with the distinctive slow gait of wearing koma geta.
     
     source: wikipedia
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