熊くま送おくり

noun

bear-sending ceremony; ritual bear sacrifice

Refers to the Ainu iyomante ceremony, in which a ritually raised bear is sent back to the spirit world. A culturally specific term; not a general word for killing a bear.

• アイヌの熊くま送おくりは、クマの魂たましいを神かみの国くにへ送おくり返かえす儀ぎ式しきです。

  The Ainu bear-sending ceremony is a ritual to send the bear's spirit back to the land of the gods.