Play word 夏越の祓 夏越の祓 なごしのはらえ summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
Play word 水無月祓 水無月祓 みなづきばらえ summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
Play word 中臣祓 中臣祓 なかとみのはらえ grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
Play word 巳の日の祓 巳の日の祓 みのひのはらえ purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar
Play word 厄払い 厄払い やくばらい exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)