Not To Be Missed: Japanese Fans Teach the World an Inspiring Lesson

Remember being told that Cleanliness is next to Godliness? But very few seem to be following this adage, especially in public places. However, Japanese fans have taken this proverb to heart and abide by it wherever they go. In a recently concluded FIFA match, one could see Japanese fans carrying big blue bags to collect litter. They picked up all the waste left in the stadium by the spectators.It was heartening to know that it was not even their match, yet they did it. Shinto, the Japanese belief system holds that cleanliness is godliness. In Shintoism, kegare (impurity or dirt) is the opposite of purity. They have a reputation for performing frequent rites of purification to ward off kegare. The Japanese think that even a single person suffering from kegare can have an impact on the entire society. And it's something like this that encourages individuals to keep their surroundings tidy. Generally speaking, they hold the view that disasters can be avoided through routine purification. Anand Mahindra, an industrialist from India who is renowned for offering his distinct viewpoint on current events, shared a video of the Japanese cleaning up the stadium on his Twitter account. He said that they were not doing it for the camera, but he was glad that their selfless act was captured by the camera so that the world gets to learn a universal lesson.