Onari

Japanese: おなり
Onari

...Under the direction of a leader called the "Taaru-ji," a decorated ox rakes the rice paddies with a special technique, and many young women sing many rice-planting songs arranged religiously, while the people of the fields play musical instruments such as waist drums, flutes, sasara, and kane. During the procession, deified women called "Hiruma-mochi" or "Onari" bring lunch and are entertained by the rice-planting god. The rice-planting itself is considered a religious ritual rather than a laborious one, and after the end of the procession, there is sexual liberation in prayer for a good rice harvest.

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Japanese:

…田主(たあるじ)と呼ばれる指揮者の統率のもとに,飾りたてた牛が特殊な技法で代(しろ)を搔(か)き,多勢の早乙女が信仰的に配列された多くの田植歌を唱和し,田人が腰太鼓,笛,すりささら,鉦(かね)などの楽器ではやした。途中〈ひるまもち〉とか〈おなり〉と呼ばれる神格化された女性が昼食を運び,田の神とともに供応を受けた。田植自体を労働というより神事として考え,終了後は稲の豊穣を願って性の解放などもあった。…

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