white strips of cloth tied on a tree

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white strips of cloth tied on a tree

2009/2/14 11:43

I have been watching a Shinto wedding on a video.At one point a girl ties a white ribbon on a tree or bush that has hundreds of other ribbons on it what is the meaning of this

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2009/2/14 16:04

Together with other Shinto objects, they are explained on the following page. They are known as shime or gohei and usually come together with a rope in the form of shimenawa:
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/shrine-guide-2.sh...

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