虫むし送おくり

noun

torch procession to drive away crop pests

A traditional summer event in rural Japan where villagers carry torches through fields to ward off insects harmful to crops.

• 毎まい年とし七しち月がつに村むらで虫むし送おくりが行おこなわれる。

  Every July, the village holds a torch procession to drive away insects.

• 虫むし送おくりのたいまつが田たんぼを照てらした。

  The torches of the insect-repelling procession lit up the rice paddies.