御お新あら下おり

noun

inauguration ceremony of a new Ryukyuan high priestess

Historical term referring to the investiture of a new high priestess (聞得大君) in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Rare and domain-specific; not used in modern everyday Japanese.

See also: 聞得大君

• 御お新あら下おりは、琉りゅう球きゅう王おう国こく時じ代だいの重じゅう要ような宗しゅう教きょう儀ぎ式しきの一ひとつであった。

  The oaraori was one of the important religious ceremonies of the Ryukyu Kingdom period.