year-end soot sweeping; house cleaning to welcome New Year gods
Traditional year-end cleaning ritual, especially on December 13th, to purify the home and welcome the New Year kami. Often synonymous with すす払い.
At the end of the year, we do susuhaki to purify the house.
Susuhaki is an important event to welcome the gods of the New Year.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Kana-kanji mixed spelling; the first part is written in kana.
Compound of 煤 (すす, soot) and 掃き (はき, sweeping), literally 'soot sweeping'. The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it refers to the traditional practice of cleaning soot and dust from the house at year-end.