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Published: 2011-02-19 02:52:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 584; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 12
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Description Tokyo, Shibuya, Meiji Shrine - Meiji JingΕ«
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Yagamiseven [2011-02-25 02:57:56 +0000 UTC]

What's with the rope?

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IvanChristian In reply to Yagamiseven [2011-03-08 09:00:23 +0000 UTC]

It is a Shinto practice called a shimenawa, a straw rope with white zigzag paper strips (gohei) hanging from it. Shimenawa are used to mark something as sacred and are often found at torii gates or around sacred trees and boulders.

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