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Prayer Ceremony: Naked Push (1)
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It is said to have started in the Edo period as a fortune-telling for bountiful harvests, with each village forming a circle bare of only loincloths, and the village that pushes the other circle into the corner of the worship hall is said to have a bountiful harvest. Nowadays, a dozen parishioners form a circle bare of only loincloths, yell "Wasshoi-wasshoi" and jump around on one leg, as a Shinto ritual to pray for bountiful harvests and safety in the home.
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