Uduk tribe

Japanese: ウドゥク族 - うどぅくぞく
Uduk tribe

...Rain-making ceremonies also use sacred objects such as rain stones and rain leaves. Rain stones are stones that are rarely found or that have fallen from the sky. Uduk rainmakers (Sudan) use red, white, and blue rain stones to pray for rain. Rain leaves are leaves from a particular tree, and when these leaves are burned, the smoke that rises catches the rain and makes it fall. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Uduk people" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また雨乞いの儀式には,雨石とか雨の葉などの神聖な事物が用いられる。雨石とはまれにしか見つからない石や空から落ちてきた石のことで,ウドゥク族(スーダン)の雨乞師は,赤と白,青の雨石を使って降雨の祈願をする。雨の葉は特定の木の葉で,この葉を燃やすと,立ちのぼる煙が雨をとらえて降らせるからだという。…

※「ウドゥク族」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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