immortal
wishes:
labor and transcendence
on
a Japanese sacred mountain
Ellen Schattschneider
Duke
University Press (2003)
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Quicktime
videos of the
Cooking Pot (Kamado)
Ceremony
(see Immwortal Wishes, pp. 89-93)
| Beginning.
The preparatory prayer, while drumming, chanted by a senior
kamisama spirit medium (1.4 MB) |
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| "Saigi,
Saigi" (Repentance, Repentance), the shrine hymn,
sung by the senior kamisama spirit medium as the congregation
sings and claps in the background. (4 MB) |
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| The
spirit medium next performs a special chanted prayer calling
down the mountain diviinties, as the cooking barrel is heated.
Several assistants on the far left adjust the cooking barrel
and the coals underneath. (960K) |
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Finale. As the
drumming concludes, another spirit medium, dressed in white,
announces the activation of the cooking pot and place salt
and rice in the barrel, as she makes exclamatory shouts.
The barrel begins to emit the distinctive resonating hum
indicating the presence of the divinities. Worshipers stand
and in a line hurry past the barrel, depositing salt and
rice in the boiling water as mediums pray aloud.
( 2 minutes)(4.7
MB)
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