The streamers are usually white, although they can also be gold, silver, or a mixture of several colors, and are often attached as decorations to straw ropes (shimenawa) used to mark sacred precincts. The shrine priest or maiden attendants (miko) use the gohei to bless or sanctify a person or object in various Shinto rituals. The gohei is used for...
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in the Shint religion of Japan, a kind of paper or cloth offering made to a god. The gohei consists of an upright stick to which is attached a strip ...
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