Handing over the backpack - Hey, I

…There are various types of box sacks: gilt bronze sacks, carved wood and lacquered sacks, and wicker sacks. When ascetics enter the mountain for training, different sacks are used by the lead guide and the newcomer, and when they leave or enter the mountain, a ritual is performed in which the sack is handed over to them. The appearance of a person carrying a sack on their back represents the appearance of being held in the mother's womb. [Masataka Suzuki]…

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "obi-watashi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…箱笈には，金銅装笈，彫木彩漆笈，網代笈の種類がある。修験者の入峰修行に際しては，正先達，新客それぞれの用いる笈が異なり，駈出･駈入には笈渡しの儀礼が行われ，笈を背負った姿は母胎に抱かれた姿をあらわす，といったような各種の意味付けが加えられている。【鈴木 正崇】。…

※「笈渡し」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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