Rice Marriage - Ine no Kekkon

Japanese: 稲の結婚 - いねのけっこん
Rice Marriage - Ine no Kekkon

...It is also said that within the last sheaf are hidden animals such as goats, pigs, cows, and horses that are incarnations of the wheat spirit.
[Southeast Asia, Taiwan]
Like Japanese rice-growing rituals, Southeast Asian rice-growing rituals are based on the ceremonies of sowing, transplanting, and harvesting, but like wheat, rice is also personified, and it is believed that marriage between male and female rice produces rice offspring. In the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, at harvest time, some of the rice is harvested and divided into two bundles, one for men and one for women.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "rice marriage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,最後の麦束の中に,麦霊の化身として,ヤギや豚,牛,馬などの動物が隠されているとも伝承されている。
[東南アジア,台湾]
 東南アジアの稲作儀礼は,日本の稲作儀礼と同じように,播種や田植,収穫の儀礼を基調としているが,稲もまた麦と同じように擬人化され,男女の稲の結婚によって子稲が生まれると考えられている。インドネシアのバリ島やロンボク島では,収穫のとき,一部の稲を刈り取って男女二つの束に分ける。…

※「稲の結婚」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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