KYOTO, Jul 07 (News On Japan) –
The month-long Gion Festival in Kyoto started with the ceremonial ceremony often known as Kippu-iri no Gi, held within the Nagatakehoko district to hope for the pageant’s secure proceedings.
At the local people corridor housing the Naginata-hoko float, which leads the procession through the pageant’s first parade, a proper ritual was performed wherein a ceremonial ticket itemizing the names of this yr’s chigo (sacred baby) and their assistant kamuro was positioned earlier than the altar. Following this, the younger members carried out the standard Taihei no Mai (Dance of Peace) from the second flooring of the corridor, dealing with the road.
With the completion of this ritual, the festive sounds of Gion-bayashi music will start to echo by means of Nagatakehoko from the evening of July seventh. The spotlight of the primary half of the pageant, the Yamahoko Junko float procession, is scheduled to happen on July seventeenth.
Source: YOMIURI