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The monk suggests that the final event is the culmination of a lot of rituals, which clearly takes time and effort but I imagine they aren't getting many young recruits at a rural temple. There have been numerous news articles about how rural towns and villages becoming hollowed out as all the young people move to the cities - I believe there's one where a local woman is knitting replacement inhabitants.
They quote a participant in saying he is hoping to keep it going in some form, presumably one that is a little more secular, so you get the tourist yen (which must be a big boost to the local economy) without all the praying beforehand.
Oh, thank you. This makes a lot of sense.
That was a little confused why they kept alternately emphasizing age and then wooden talismans
Yeah, I initially thought they meant the age of the participants was the reason this was ending (as running around in February in just a loincloth seems a young man's game) but it seems that it is more to do with the aging population leading to there being no-one left to do all the groundwork beforehand (both religious and secular).