Opparai - Oppari

Japanese: オッパライ - おっぱらい
Opparai - Oppari

...The guardian deity worshipped in each household also invites an itako to perform kamioroshi on the two festival days in spring and autumn. When praying for an illness, the type of spirit causing the illness is divined and it is exorcised in a process called opparai. Small ema plaques unique to the Tsugaru region, with intricate drawings of cats, snakes, horses, etc., are used for this purpose and are called itako ema. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Opparai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…各家でまつる氏神も春秋2度の祭りの日にイタコを招きカミオロシを行う。病気祈禱ではその原因になっている霊の種類を占い,オッパライと称してそれを祓うことが行われる。猫・蛇・馬などが複雑に描かれた津軽地方独特の小絵馬はこのためのもので,イタコ絵馬と称されている。…

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