22 Jun 2015

MINGEI - Iwate yakubarai dolls

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http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/06/yakuyyoke.html


yakubarai ningyoo 厄払い人形 doll to ward off evil
yokuyoke ningyoo 厄除け人形


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from Iwate, 岩手県和賀郡白木野地域 Waga district, Shirokino area
for the festival on January 19, when all is deep under snow. A huge straw doll of about 1 meter is bound to a tree at the entrance of the village to ward off deities of epidemic to come in and do harm, They pray for one year of good health.
Small dolls are now a souvenir of the region.

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