like a needle in a loinclothstack

"Loincloth-clad festival participants gather [today] at Konomiya Shrine during Hadaka Matsuri or Naked Festival in Inazawa, Japan," reports The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "The centuries-old festival involves thousands of men in search of one fully naked man among them. Touching the man, who is chosen by townspeople to act as a scapegoat to divest them of all evil, is believed to bring good luck and happiness. The men's search, conducted in the brisk winter air, is made tougher by cold water being thrown over them."
-- globeandmail.com