嫁よめ祝いわい

noun

traditional Koshōgatsu fertility ceremony for a newly-wed wife

Historical term for a ritual held during Koshōgatsu (小正月, Little New Year) in which the new bride is struck on the buttocks with a sacred pole (祝い棒) to pray for fertility. Rarely encountered outside ethnographic or historical contexts.

See also: 小正月 · 祝い棒

• 嫁よめ祝いわいは、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ある。

  Yomeiwai is one of the old customs performed during Koshōgatsu.

• 民みん俗ぞく資し料りょう館かんで嫁よめ祝いわいの様よう子すを再さい現げんした映えい像ぞうを見みた。

  I watched a video at the folk museum that recreated the yomeiwai ceremony.