Kyoto Festival: Bamboo Cutting Ritual at Kurama-dera (Takekirie)

This is called a living material minister in the context of the warehouse They were called a "saint without ties " and they practiced their cultivation back then They practiced here The male snake appeared at that time and tried to swallow the homeless saint At that time the homeless saint killed his male snake He cut up the male snake that had fallen over It is said that the female snake appeared at that time Please help us ensure that the water offered to the main image of the temple here in this mountain hall is never discontinued Then I forgave the homeless holy man as he had promised to never let the water run out at the mountain warehouse And the gong is enshrined in the form of the Red Five Treasures Temple during the festival The practice of cutting bamboo to represent a snake began In Japanese history there were instances where monks took up arms and participated in various battles That's why they are called "monk soldiers" or "sōhei " Well I think that's why they go around dressed up as soldiers After meeting we first perform the purification It's serious we really cut bamboo with a real sword so nothing should go wrong And while doing so there's this seven-and-a-half messengers thing Rokko-san and two others came out performing the ritual of cutting bamboo and the monk said congratulations expressing aspirations for progress While this was happening all the monks at the temple except for the priest had gone to pay respects to the red five treasures monk at the snake's place After that we first perform the bamboo straightening process We prepare two large ditches two rice fields and meet the conditions for bamboo You can get six of those by skipping one and cutting five times People who actually cut bamboo are also using it as a warm-up The Okawa region and the Tamba region are now part of Shiga Prefecture The Tamba region is now part of Kyoto and Hyogo Prefectures Then if there is a great drought it is said that the area of Shiga Prefecture will suffer and if there is a drought in Tamba the region from Kyoto to Hyogo Prefecture will have a bountiful harvest Then in the five halls the duty of cutting bamboo begins During that time those outside who are watching will not understand anything The nagauta will be performed during the time of the boredom It is of course offered to the gods but at the same time it has become something that visitors can also enjoy The person who finally finished cutting it and ended up with that shape carries the bamboo and the region where the person who ran first is from is written This year is also Tanba Last year and the year before were also three consecutive years of Tanba The purpose is to pray for a bountiful harvest Then the evil snake that formed the island was bored and the female snake that vowed not to let the mountain run dry was saved Verification of dental misalignment by Yokoshima Trying to make something bad seem right that kind of work