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カテゴリー1： 5. Rites and Festivals
カテゴリー2： Individual Shrine Observances
Title
Ōshimenawa harikae shinji
Text
"Great straw rope changing rite." A rite performed around May 15, September 15, and December 20 at Futamiokitama Shrine in Futami Township, Watarai District, Mie Prefecture. The rite entails changing the large straw rope (ōshimenawa, see shimenawa) that connects a pair of rocks of different sizes (thought of colloquially as the "husband and wife rocks," meoto).
— Mogi Sakae

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