festivals & rites
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taue-sai 田 植え祭
rice planting festival


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Otaue-sai or taue-sai includes a special dance known as otaue-odori and is held at rice-planting time in May orJune in all parts of Japan to pray for a good rice crop and successful harvest. Yasu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Rice planting festival in Fushimi-Inari-taisha shrine / Kyôto City
Juni 2016


Shintô-Ritual

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Shintô-Priester mit Holzzepter shaku beim Reispflanzfest taue-sai im Schrein Fushimi-Inari-taisha



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Ankunft der Priester-Prozession am Reisfeld
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto


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Novizen entpacken Reis-Setzlinge
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto



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 Oberpriester bringt Reis-Setzlinge
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto


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Oberpriester verneigt sich vor Setzlingen
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto



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Priester segnet das Reisfeld
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto


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Priester segnet das Reisfeld  (2)
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto


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Priester segnet das Reisfeld  (3)
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto



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Übergabe der Setzlinge an den Vorsteher der Reisbauern
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto


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Vorsteher trägt Reis-Setzlinge zum Reisfeld
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto



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Vorsteher übergibt Setzlinge an die Reisbauern /
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto


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Reisbauern verteilen sich auf dem Reisfeld
taue-sai im Fushimi-inari-taisha / Kyôto

Rice planting festival in Yasu City
Mai 1999

Shintô rites

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Shintô priests with wooden sceptrer = shaku
taue-sai / Yasu City

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local dignitaries / Yasu City
taue-sai / Yasu City


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sacrificial offerings behind torii
taue-sai / Yasu City

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Shintô priests beside torii
taue-sai / Yasu City

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Shintô priest + sacrificial offerings  (2)
taue-sai / festival
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Shintô priest + sacrificial offerings  (3)
taue-sai / festival
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Shintô priest + sacrificial offerings  (4)
taue-sai / festival

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priests + rice-planting man + local dignitaries
taue-sai / festival
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rice-planting women
taue-sai / festival

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rice farmers + priests
taue-sai / festival

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priest hands over blessed rice seedlings
Taue-sai / Feste
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priest hands over blessed rice seedlings  (2)
Taue-sai / Feste
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rice farmer receives blessed rice seedlings
Taue-sai / Feste

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presit bow to rice farmer
Taue-sai / Feste
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rice farmer receives blessed rice seedlings  (2)
Taue-sai / Feste
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rice farmer bows to priest
Taue-sai / Feste

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rice farmer bears away the blessed rice seedlings
Taue-sai / Feste
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rice farmer hands the blessed rice seedlings over to another rice farmer
Taue-sai / Feste

rice-planting with dance and music
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rice-planting = taue - see also cultivation of rice
taue-sai / festival

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rice-planting dance = taue-odori
taue-sai / festival
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rice-planting dance  (3)
taue-sai / festival

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rice-planting  (2)
taue-sai / festival
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rice-planting  (3)
taue-sai / festival

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rice-planting woman = taue-onna
taue-sai / festival
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rice-planting  (4)
taue-sai / festival
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rice-planting dance  (2)
taue-sai / festival

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rice-planting  (4)
taue-sai / festival
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dancer - portrait
taue-sai / festival

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dancer - portrait  (2)
Taue-sai / Feste
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dancer - portraits
Taue-sai / Feste
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dancer - portrait  (3)
Taue-sai / Feste

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rice-planting dance  (4)
Taue-sai / Feste
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rice-planting dance  (5)
Taue-sai / Fest

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rice-planting - rice field
taue-sai / festival

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rice-planting  (6)
taue-sai / festival
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rice-planting  (7)
taue-sai / festival


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drum group in front of a the torii
taue-sai / festival
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drum group in front of torii  (2)
taue-sai / festival

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drum group  (3)
taue-sai / festival
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drum group  (4)
taue-sai / festival