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04.23.05 | Comment?

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Thanks go to Isabo for the explanation:

That is a shinto shrine, the rope is called shimenawa and the paper strips are gohei. They mark boundaries to sacred areas/objects/kami. that’s why they’re on torii gates, mark the boundary to a sacred shrine/area.

Also, Simon, as you’re obsessed with sumo, you’ll notice it looks an awful lot like the belt sumo wrestlers (highest ranking ones) wear during ceremonies, right? I guess b/c Sumo was originionally a performance to Shinto kami (that’s simply translated as gods to foreign cultures, but kami means much more/different things).

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