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Timber Transportation Ceremony Starts for Traditional Rebuilding of Ise Shrine, Beginning Ritual’s 2-Year Process
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Timber Transportation Ceremony Starts for Traditional Rebuilding of Ise Shrine, Beginning Ritual’s 2-Year Process
ISE, Mie — A ritual ceremony of carrying timber to Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, was held in the city on Sunday and Monday, in preparation for 2033’s “Shikinen Sengu” — an ancient ritual tradition of completely rebuilding the Shinto shrine complex and transferring the deities to the new shrine once every 20 years.
[Ise] In preparation for the Shikinen Sengu (periodic rebuilding) of Ise Grand Shrine, the "Okihikizome-shiki" (Yakugihiki), the first ceremony for transporting important timber (Yakugi), took place on the 13th, following the river transport the previous day, with the "Okahiki" (land transport) to the Outer Shrine. Approximately 3,000 people from nine Hoei groups in districts associated with the Outer Shrine loaded the timber onto seven floats a…
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