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A Shinto priest prays to the dedicated dolls during the Festival of Repayment of Kindness at Dairoku-tensakaki Shrine in Tokyo, on Saturday. Traditionally, it is believed that the dolls can give good health and happiness to children by absorbing sickness and ill fate. The dolls are then sacrificed during the festival after they have protected their young owners.
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Alex80
Beautiful. :)
sensei258
Why pray to something that's man-made?
kwatt
it seems that Japanese generally believe something spiritual in each doll (as looks like a child) and so they treat one as child.
Alex80
Some people here apparently know nothing about Shinto, and its being an animistic religion.
kwatt
It seems that Japanese are not very religious people but spiritual, so they believe Gods of fire, water, sky ,forests, mountains,,,,dolls,, In other words, Nature is God. So shrines are everywhere in Japan where people are often praying and celebrating cultural festivals there. That is Shinto. It seems that Westerners/Europeans don't need to understand such thing. As for me, I believe nothing.
Kobe White Bar Owner
he is leaning a quite and angel, M.J smooth criminal lol
B.l. Sharma
If dedicated dolls have the magic power of protecting children from ill fate , then every child in Japan should possess them for increased protection during his or her life. Liked Shinto priest praying during the Festival of Repayment of Kindness. If everyone adopts this principle, it will lead to reduction of violence against innocent citizens in the Japanese society.
Alex80
Only narrow-minded people could think this way.