noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
lighting a sacred flame using sunlight
Refers to a ceremonial act, often at Shinto shrines or Olympic torch relays, where a flame is kindled by focusing the sun's rays. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.
巫女が鏡を使って採火する儀式を見学した。
We observed a ceremony in which a shrine maiden kindles a sacred flame using a mirror.
オリンピックの聖火は
The Olympic flame is lit in Greece by focusing sunlight.