Fur Rondy kicks off downtown Anchorage
Participants take place in a blanket toss at the Fur Rendezvous in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The blanket toss mimics an ancient Alaska Native whaling tradition where a walrus skin is used, and everyone has a turn to either jump or grip the skin’s edge while tossing others. The 12-day annual festival began as a three-day event arranged to coincide with the return of miners and trappers loaded down with the profits of a winter’s worth of work.
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