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Also called chinjisai ’Α’nΥ; jisai ’nΥ, jiiwai ’nj, tsuchi matsuri “yΥ or kotoshizume matsuri. The ceremony performed before the groundbreaking of a new building. In the Edo period, the ceremony was the reponsibility of the carpenters. But today, it is performed by Shinto priests who pray for the safety of the workmen and to appease the gods who may be disturbed by the construction. Bamboo branches, joined by sacred rope, shimenawa ’˜A“κ, are placed at each of the four sides of the building site. A special evergreen branch, *himorogi _βί, surrounded by a simple enclosure, is placed on a stand with eight legs beneath which coarse straw is spread. This arrangement faces south.
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