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The Takabuku Okashira shinji is, held on the second Saturday of February every year in Takabuku, Misono-cho, Ise City.
Okashira shinji-9Ise City
The origin of this ceremony dates back to about 840 years ago (1181-1182, the Yowa period), when a boy child prodigy brought out a lion's head,
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which was the ceremony, and performed a purifying dance to exorcise evil spirits.
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Because of this history, the Takabuku Okashira shinji has been passed down through the generations as a Shinto ritual to pray for good health and the exorcism of evil spirits.
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