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Harae or
harai (祓 or 祓い) is the
general term for
ritual purification in Shinto.
Harae is one of four
essential elements involved in a
Shinto ceremony....
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guarantee that
prayers were
conducted on
their behalf.
These wands,
called Oharai Taima (御祓大麻), were
contained either in
packets of
folded paper – in which...
- to the
public but
generally only used by
researchers and Shintō priests.
Oharai Machi (おはらい町): A
small side
street that runs
between Prefectural Route 32...
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practices performed to ward evil (yakuyoke (厄除け)) or
expel evil (yakubarai,
oharai (yaku-barai [ja])), e.g.
sounding the drums. In some
areas it is common...
- Himitsu) "Ombusman" (オンブスマン, Onbusuman) "Let's Do an Exorcism" (おはらいしようぜ,
Oharai Shiyō ze) "It's a
Parade Float. It's a Festival. It's Ninomiya" (山車だ祭りだ二宮だ...
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particularly important ritual which the head of the
Nakatomi clan
oversaw was the
Ōharai purification rite,
performed twice every year, in
which the High Priest...
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Tokyo Imperial Palace,
Tokyo 26
September Saiden-Nukiho-zen-Ichinichi-
Ōharai 斎田抜穂前一日大祓 (Minor Rites)
Ceremony to
purify the
souls of the
Imperial envoys...
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guarantee that
prayers were
conducted on
their behalf.
These wands,
called Oharai Taima (御祓大麻), were
contained either in
packets of
folded paper – in which...
- materials. In ****an, from
ancient times to the present, an
event called "
Oharai",
which is
described in
Kojiki and Enki-Shiki, has been held at
Shinto shrines...
- the 6th
month prayers to
prevent fires at the
palace Great Purtification (
Ōharai) half of the year
purifies the
emperor and the
people of the transgressions...
