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Yōgō Matsuri |
A rite held on July 8 at Mikami Shrine in Yasu Town, Yasu District, Shiga Prefecture. This rite commemorates the appearance of the deity to whom the shrine is dedicated ( saijin ), Amenomikage-no-mikoto, on the summit of Mt. Mikami, the mountain where the kami dwells ( shintaizan ). A &... |
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§ Tokushu shinji |
Observances with a special tradition among the rites performed at a particular shrine. Also referred to as "old-style/traditional festivals" ( koshikisai ). Unlike other contemporary shrine observances, they follow specific procedures and protocols and may have d... |
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Ōgi matsuri |
"Fan festival." A summer festival held July 14 at Kumano Nachi Shrine in Nachi-katsuura Township, Higashi Muro District, Wakayama Prefecture. Twelve specially decorated portable shrines (see shin'yo ) known as ōgi-mikoshi ("fan palanquins") are brough... |
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Ōgisai |
A rite held February 1–2 at Kasuga Shrine in Kushibiki Township, Higashi-Tagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture. The deity Bonten ( Skt . Brahmadeva, originally a Vedic deity appropriated at an early stage of Buddhism as the ruler of the realm of desire in which our world of Saha exist... |
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Ōshimenawa harikae shinji |
"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 pa... |
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