This religion's greatest ceremony, the Great Purification, occurs in June and December and includes the waving of a purification wand over the people, who give penalty offerings.
This religion's greatest ceremony, the Great Purification, occurs in June and December and includes the waving of a purification wand over the people, who give penalty offerings. Many of its ceremonial prayers are found in the Engi-shiki. A sacred object known as a shintai is located inside the hondon of this religion's temples, and a gateway called a torii leads to the outer shrine of those temples. Its shrine at Ise is torn down and rebuilt every twenty years. Until 1945 it was a mandatory state religion, and kami are worshipped in it. For 10 points, name this traditional Japanese religion.
This religion's greatest ceremony, the Great Purification, occurs in June and December and includes the waving of a purification wand over the people, who give penalty offerings.
{Shinto} [accept {kami}-{no}-{michi}]