御お田た植うえ祭まつり

noun

shrine ritual for harvest forecast or prayer

A ritual held at Shinto shrines within the first two months of the year to divine or pray for a bountiful harvest. Often involves symbolic rice planting.

• 毎まい年とし二に月がつに地じ元もとの神じん社じゃで御お田た植うえ祭まつりが行おこなわれる。

  Every February, the Otaue Matsuri is held at the local shrine.

• 御お田た植うえ祭まつりでは、神しん職しょくが田た植うえの所しょ作さを演えんじる。

  During the Otaue Matsuri, the Shinto priest performs the motions of rice planting.

noun

seasonal rice planting on shrine-affiliated field

Refers to the actual planting of rice on a field belonging to or associated with a shrine, often as part of a ritual or community event.

• 氏うじ子こたちが集あつまって、神じん社じゃの田たんぼで御お田た植うえ祭まつりを行おこなった。

  The parishioners gathered and performed the Otaue Matsuri in the shrine's rice field.