Japanese partake in ice bath ritual to pray for pandemic end

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A dozen people participated in a Shinto ritual whereby they bathed in icy waters at Teppou-zu Inari Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday to pray for the end of the pandemic.

Three women dressed in robes, and nine men covered in loin clothes chanted and clapped before taking the icy dip.

“I hope that soon the world and coronavirus pandemic calm down and everyone will be able to move freely,” said a participant Yoshiko Shibada after the ‘Misogi’ ritual which refers to the Shinto tradition of washing the whole body for purification.

The event which is held on the second Sunday of each year had the added them of ‘warding off epidemics’ this year.

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SOT, Yoshiko Shibada, Participant (Japanese): “I hope that soon the world and coronavirus pandemic calm down and everyone will be able to move freely.”

SOT, Naoaki Yamaguchi, Participant (Japanese) : “The sixth wave of coronavirus is now spreading again, so I hope that our prayers will help to eliminate this problem.”​

SOT, Koji, Participant (Japanese): “I’ve been asking for the end of the coronavirus worldwide.”

SOT, Miho Heiwa, Participant (Japanese): “I had a tough year last year, so I wanted to make sure that the people around me and myself would be healthy this year.”

SOT, Miho Heiwa​, Participant (Japanese): “I’ve been doing ‘Misogi’, to purify, every year for more than 15 years, but this year I did it with a renewed sense of purpose.​”

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