夏越なごしの祓はらえ

noun

summer purification rite; Nagoshi no Harae

A Shinto purification ceremony held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month (around June 30th in the modern calendar). Participants pass through a large ring of miscanthus reeds (茅の輪) to purify themselves of the first half of the year's impurities and pray for health in the coming months.

See also: 茅の輪

• 夏越なごしの祓はらえでは、茅ちの輪わをくぐって半はん年としの穢けがれを祓はらいます。

  At the Nagoshi no Harae, people pass through a miscanthus ring to purify the impurities of the past half year.

• 六ろく月がつ三さん十じゅう日にちに近ちかくの神じん社じゃで夏越なごしの祓はらえが行おこなわれます。

  On June 30th, the Nagoshi no Harae is held at a nearby shrine.