Mallets up, the barrel painted with the character for celebration, and the family in kimono laughing before the lid has even cracked. Kagami-biraki, the sake barrel ceremony, means opening the mirror: the round lid is the mirror, and breaking it wishes the couple good fortune. Then the sake goes round, and the evening becomes a party.
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