Title Geta Matsuri Festival

  • Aichi
  • Mie
Topic(s):
Shrines/Temples/Churches Annual Events National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Pamphlet
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Ise-Shima National Park

ゲーター祭り

この伝統的な新年の行事は、元旦の夜明け前に八代神社で開催されます。女竹で作った棒を持った島の男性たちが、協力しながら地元に生える木の樹皮で編まれた重い輪を持ち上げます。滑りやすい竹の棒を使って輪が高く上がれば上がるほど、その年の漁獲高もより豊かになるとされます。夜明けの直前に空が明るくなってくると、前年の太陽が新しい太陽に置き換えられることを象徴して輪を地面に落とします


Geta Matsuri Festival

This traditional New Year’s rite is held at Yatsushiro Jinja Shrine well before dawn on the morning of January 1. Island men holding poles made of medake bamboo work together to raise a heavy ring woven from local tree bark. The higher they are able to raise the ring on the slippery bamboo poles, the better the forecast of the coming year’s catch. As the sky brightens just before dawn, they drop the ring to the ground in a gesture symbolizing the replacement of the previous year’s sun with a new one.


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