A two-ton serpent of straw and bamboo slithered through Sekikawa Village at the annual giant snake festival. At 82.8 meters, it marks the date in 1967 when a flood devastated the area. This year, 500 ...

A snake over 80 meters long made of bamboo and straw was paraded through a village in the Japanese prefecture of Niigata on Sunday.

A giant straw and bamboo snake over 80 metres long was paraded through a Japanese village on Sunday as part of a festival ...