嫁よめ叩たたき

noun

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where a newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred pole to ensure fertility

Historical folk custom associated with 小正月 (Little New Year). The ceremony involves a 祝い棒 (sacred pole) and is intended to promote fertility.

See also: 小正月 · 祝い棒

• 嫁よめ叩たたきは、小こ正しょう月がつに行おこなわれた古ふるい風ふう習しゅうの一ひとつです。

  Yometataki is one of the old customs performed during Little New Year.

• 地ち域いきによっては、嫁よめ叩たたきの際さいに使つかう祝いわい棒ぼうに特とく別べつな飾かざりを付つけました。

  In some regions, special decorations were attached to the sacred pole used in yometataki.