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土俵祭り (dohyoumatsuri) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

土ど俵ひょう祭まつり

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ひょ

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Meanings

1

ring-purification ceremony

A Shinto ceremony held before a sumo tournament to purify the dohyo and pray for safety.

土ど俵ひょう祭まつりは本ほん場ば所しょの前ぜん日じつに行

おこな

わ

れる

。

The ring-purification ceremony is held the day before the main tournament.

Kanji

土soil, earth, ground
俵bag, bale, sack
祭ritual, offer prayers, celebrate

Related words

土ど俵ひょう
土俵 is the sumo ring itself; 土俵祭り is the specific purification ceremony for it.

Built from

土ど俵ひょう+祭まつる

Etymology

Compound of 土俵 (dohyo, sumo ring) and 祭り (matsuri, festival/ceremony).