RELIGIONS
SHINTO
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To keep the bad away, they performed griots and many other practices.
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To keep the bad away, they performed many rituals and ceremonies to purify their atmosphere.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Consequently, the purpose of most Shinto rituals is to keep away evil spirits by purification, prayers and offerings to the kami. Shinto shrines are the places of worship and the homes of kami. Most shrines celebrate festivals (matsuri) regularly in order to show the kami the outside world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shubatsu. Shubatsu is a purification ritual in which salt is sprinkled on priests or worshippers, or on the ground to purify it. One notable use of salt in purification is found in Sumo wrestling when the fighters sprinkle salt around the ring to purify it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shinto does not accept that human beings are born bad or impure; in fact Shinto states that humans are born pure, and sharing in the divine soul. Badness, impurity or sin are things that come later in life, and that can usually be got rid of by simple cleansing or purifying rituals.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hatsumiyamairi-first shrine visit This is when a newborn baby is taken to a shrine (usually the local one), to be placed under the protection of the kami. The child then becomes a parishioner of the shrine. The ritual takes place on the thirty-second day after birth for a boy and the thirty-third day for a girl.