👣🌿RING OF PROTECTION🔄🙏
Shortly before the mid-point of the year giant rings of reed begin appearing in shrine precincts across the country.
'Chinowa' (茅の輪) are sacred portals, washing off the impurities gathered over the last six months and offering protection for the next six😇
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After this time miscanthus reeds (茅 kaya grass) were used to repel sickness and evil, evolving into various regional charms, such as the giant 'chinowa' rings (茅の輪) and smaller brush-shaped 'chimaki' (茅巻き), hung at doorways in Kyōto from July each year.
An ancient Bingo Province record (備後国風土記) tells how the chinowa (茅の輪) came to be.
On his travels the god Susanoo (須佐之男), his identity concealed as a poor wanderer, asked a wealthy farmer called Kotan Shōrai (巨旦将来) for a bed for the night but was refused.
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