Stove surroundings - Around the stove

...After sending off the dead on the evening of July 15th, men and women in the village danced Eisa and went round to each house asking for sake. On October 1st, the village chief inspected the hearth, which was cleaned in a ceremony called "Kamado-mawari," and cleaned the hearth dedicated to the god of fire. In Okinawa Island and other places, October is called "Akihate (tired) October," and there are hardly any festival-like events, but in Sarahama on Irabu Island in Miyako, a festival of prayers for a good harvest called "Yukui (begging for the world)" is held, in which all the women of the village, led by the priestesses, participate and walk around each place of worship while dancing and praying for health and a good catch. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…7月15日の晩に精霊送りをすますと，村の男女はエイサーを踊りながら各戸をまわって酒を求めた。10月1日には〈竈（かまど）回り〉といって，火の神をまつったかまどを掃除し，村の頭役が見まわった。沖縄島などでは10月は〈アキハテ(飽き果て)十月〉といってほとんど祭りらしい行事はないが，宮古の伊良部島佐良浜では〈ユークイ(世乞)〉という豊年祈願祭が行われ，神女たちを中心に村の婦人たちがみな参加し，各拝所を踊りながら健康と豊漁を祈願して歩く。…

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