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Rope ritual at Japan shrine

KUMANO, Japan, Oct. 4 Kyodo - People carry a 170-meter-long sacred rope that hangs from a giant rock during the Otsunakake Shinji ritual at Hananoiwaya shrine in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Rope ritual at Japan shrine

People carry a 170-meter-long sacred rope that hangs from a giant rock during the Otsunakake Shinji ritual at Hananoiwaya shrine in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2023.

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Rope ritual at Japan shrine

People carry a 170-meter-long sacred rope that hangs from a giant rock during the Otsunakake Shinji ritual at Hananoiwaya shrine in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2023.

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Rope changing ritual at Japan shrine

Otsunakake Shinji, a ritual of changing the sacred straw rope that hangs from the rock, is performed at World Heritage-listed Hananoiwaya Shrine in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 2, 2023.