torch procession to drive away crop pests
A traditional summer event in rural Japan where villagers carry torches through fields to ward off insects harmful to crops.
Every July, the village holds a torch procession to drive away insects.
The torches of the insect-repelling procession lit up the rice paddies.
Compound of 虫 (mushi, 'insect') and 送り (okuri, 'sending off'). The term refers to the ritual of sending away harmful insects.