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minzoku NEO-shintô A Book of Little Traditions |
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saishi shûzoku (Festival Practices) 09 / 05 / 2015
sai (ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship)
shi (enshrine, worship) saishi (ritual, religious service, festival) shû (state, province) zoku (customs) shûzoku (local customs) ❖ Traditions, practices, and customs related to festivals and the rituals that form part of them Basic Format of matsuri Usually has four elements: 1) harae; 2) shinsen; (3) norito; and (4) naorai. It may also include other events.
(purification,exorcism)
❖ Purification, exorcism ❖ Also called harai
(purification,exorcism)
hara.i (purification,exorcism)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
sen (food, offerings) ❖ Food offerings presented to kami norito An offering of prayers addressed to the kami. norito are beautiful words poetry. The key word there is poetry, which gives us humans a way to point at that which can be experienced, but which is inexpressible by language that which is a mystery. Mystery is not that which is not told, that's just a secret. Mystery is that which can't be told. (See norito)
nao.ra (straightaway, honesty, frankness)
i (meeting, meet, party, association) ❖ A communal feast consisting of the offerings May also include:
Procession with kami
o (honorable)
mi (august, beautiful) koshi (palanquin, bier) o (honorable written with kanji or hiragana) mi | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) koshi (palanquin, bier) ❖ Portable shrine (carried in festivals) ❖ Used to carry the kami in procession to its temporary location for a matsuri ❖ Also called dashi, mikoshi, yama-boko
da | sa (mountain)
shi | sha (car) da | ? ka (flower) may be derived from dai (counter for vehicles) shi | sha (car) mi (august, beautiful) koshi (palanquin, bier) mi | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) koshi (palanquin, bier) yama (mountain) boko | hoko (festival float)
kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
ra (music, comfort, ease) ❖ Ancient shintô music and dancing ❖ Dances and music performanced for the kami ❖ (See satokagura)
(ability, talent, skill, capacity)
❖ Dramatic performances ❖ Usually with a mythic theme ❖ (See noh)
kan | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
waza (business, vocation, arts, performance) ❖ Martial displays and artistic activities ❖ Also called kamiwaza, kamuwaza
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
waza | koto (matter, thing, fact, business) kamu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) waza (business, vocation, arts, performance)
funa (ship, boat)
kura.be (competion, bout, contest, race) archaic ❖ Boat races between villages
kei (competion, bout, contest, race)
ba (horse) ❖ Horse racing
kyû (bow, archery)
dô (way, course, teachings) ❖ Japanese archery
su | sô (inter-, mutual, together, each other)
mo | boku (slap, strike, hit, beat) ❖ Japanese wrestling ❖ Highly ritualized
ya | na (current, flow)
busa | kabura (arrowhead) me (horse) ❖ Mounted archery while riding past three equal size targets
matsuri (ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship)
gi (ceremony, rules) ❖ Rites / rituals
ga (gracious, elegant, graceful, refined)
gaku (music, comfort, ease) ❖ Traditional music of the Japanese Imperial Court ❖ gagaku is considered a vehicle of communication between the kami and worshipers Standard instruments include:
bi (glissando on strings, lute)
wa (lute) ❖ A short-necked lute ❖ The kami benzaiten is often shown carrying a biwa
hichi (fence)
riki (horn, flageolet) ❖ Small double-reed wind instrument ❖ Made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below
(traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes)
❖ A reed mouth organ made of 17 bamboo pipes
tai (plump, thick, big around)
ko (drum, beat) ❖ Drums
hai (prayer, worship)
rei (ceremony) ❖ The formal manner of paying worship to kami
❖ kami no mae ni tachidomatte Stand in front of kami
❖ nirei (two expressions of gratitude) Bow deeply twice ❖ nihakushu (two oak hands) Clap hands twice ❖ shinsen Make an offering ❖ kigan or a prayer ❖ norito or an invocation to the kami (See norito) ❖ ichirei (one expression of gratitude) Then make another deep bow
haku (oak)
shu (hand) ❖ (clapping one's hands in prayer) ❖ Part of proper etiquette for worshipping a kami
chô (long)
haku (oak) shu (hand) ❖ (long clapping) ❖ Four claps or more
hira (flat, open)
de | te (hands) ❖ (palm, open hand clapping)
kashiwa (oak)
de | te (hands) ❖ (oak hands) ❖ One of the formal manners of performing worship in shintô ❖ One raises the hands to chest level and claps ❖ The ways of clapping and the number of times vary
ni (two)
haku (oak) shu (hands) ❖ (two claps)
rai (come, next, become) ?
shu (hands) ❖ Performed when presented with a cup of sake or before kyozen (food served on individual tables at a banquet)
tan (short, brief)
haku (oak) shu (hands) ❖ (short clapping) ❖ One to three times
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, gratitude, awe, or terror)
ri (rough-woven fence, bamboo hedge) ❖ (kami fence) [archaism] ❖ Actual pronunciation appears to be based on the two kanji below [archaism] (offerings to kami) [archaism] (offerings to kami) ❖ A temporarily erected sacred space or "altar" used as a locus of worship ❖ Primitive shrine originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table ❖ himorogi are represented by the demarcation of a physical area with branches of green bamboo or sakaki at the four corners, between which are strung sacred border shimenawa ❖ In the center of the area a large branch of sakaki festooned with hei is erected as a yorishiro
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, gratitude, awe, or terror)
mukae (welcome, meet, greet) ❖ Ritual invitation to kami to attend
kô (descend, fall)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) no (possessive particle) gi (ceremony) ❖ The descent of kami on a sakaki branch at the opening of a ritual
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, gratitude, awe, or terror)
oku.ri (escort, send) ❖ Ritual sending off of kami after harai
shô (ascend, rise up)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) no (possessive particle) gi (ceremony) ❖ The ascent of kami at the end of a ritual
(ability, talent, skill)
❖ Religious drama evolved from shintô rituals that expresed themes in Japanese mythology ❖ Also called nôgaku
nô (ability, talent, skill)
gaku (music)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
ji (matter, thing, business) nô (ability, talent, skill) ❖ nô plays performed as part of shintô ceremonies
sai (ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship)
jitsu (day, sun) ❖ (Literally: festival day) ❖ The day on which a matsuri is held
sato (village)
kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ra (music) ❖ All kagura not held at the imperial palace ❖ An umbrella term containing folk dances derived from mikagura, and incorporated with other folk traditions ❖ kagura is considered a vehicle of communication between kami and worshipers
kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
ra (music) uta (song, sing) ❖ Songs composed to go with kagura
miko (female shrine attendants)
onna (woman, female) miko (shrine maiden, virgin consecrated to a kami, medium, sorceress) kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ra (music) miko (female shrine attendants) ko (child) archaic kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ra (music) kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, gratitude, awe, or terror) ko (child) archaic kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ra (music) ❖ Dances performed by miko derived from ritual dances in which the miko channeled kami, speaking, singing, and dancing as kami
miko (female shrine attendants)
mai (Japanese traditional dance, circle, wheel) ❖ Ritual dances performed at shintô shrines by one or more miko, holding bells, o-gi (folding fans), fronds of bamboo, or sakaki as torimono
ura (bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast)
yasu (quiet, contented, peaceful) no (possesive | of) mai (Japanese traditional dance, circle, wheel) ❖ Based on a poem by emperor showa: To all kami, Of heaven and earth I pray, For a tranquil world, Without disturbances, like the sea in the morning.
shi (lion) | shi (child)
kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ra (music) shi (expert, teacher, master) | shi (child) kagu | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ra (music) ❖ A form of lion dance, in which dancers take on the role of the shishi lion and parade around the town
shi (lion)
shi (child) mai (Japanese traditional dance, circle, wheel) shi (expert, teacher, master) shi (child) mai (Japanese traditional dance, circle, wheel) shishi (deer) mai (Japanese traditional dance, circle, wheel) ❖ Ritual dance using the mask of a lion or a deer
shishi (beast esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar)
shishi (animal, beast esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) shishi (beast esp. one used for its meat, such as a deer) |
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