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The Naha Great Tug-of-War, uses a over 180 meters rope that is made of rice straw and weighs over 40 tons, a Guinness World Record, which is then tugged by tens of thousands of people in unison in the directions of east and west.
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The enormous main rope has 280 smaller ropes for many people to tug, and participants include locals as well as tourists.
The rope used for the Naha Great Tug-of-War is said to be a good-luck charm, and pieces of it are cut off and handed out for people to take home after the event.