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Description: These Japanese musicians are summoning the spirit of old appliances at this unique music festival. Artists gathered in Tokyo to combine electronic music with traditional Japanese dance. Organizer El Wada turns discovered appliances into musical instruments. He suggests that the spirit of appliances need to express themselves to find peace. The festival is based on a holiday that honors ancestral spirits. In Japan, some believe that all objects living and inanimate can have souls. So think twice before throwing out that old TV! Subscribe to Vocativ: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vocativvideo Find us everywhere else: Subscribe to the newsletter: vocativ.com/pages/newsletter Facebook: facebook.com/Vocativ Twitter: twitter.com/vocativ Instagram: instagram.com/vocativ Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/vocativ Website: vocativ.com