Giant Waraj fighting off plague Early installation with new corona Saitama Nagatoro May 10 16:11
Waraj has appeared in Nagatoro Town, Saitama Prefecture, where a giant waraji has been used to hang a giant waraj from ancient times, and the custom of escaping from a plague is transmitted in hopes of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus.
"Owarajiji" is set up by a conservation group in Nagatoro Town, Saitama Prefecture, and it is 1.2 meters wide and 5 meters long.
In the Chichibu district of Saitama prefecture, a huge straw rope was hung at the entrance to the cultivated land since ancient times, and there is a custom called "Fusugi" that escapes plagues and disasters.
It follows from the legend that when a large youkai wears straw, it will keep an eye out for a plague or a disaster from the hole made in the middle of the straw.
The "Owarajiji" event is held in July of every year, but the fact that the new coronavirus continues to spread spreads means that we hurriedly manufactured the strawberries from March to two months.
On the 10th, a flag was set up along the national highway in the town to pray against the virus, and a Shinto ritual was also held.
"We thought it was the time to do this, and we set it up early," said Horiguchi, chairman of the "Owarajiji Preservation Society" in Nagatoro-cho, "73. I hope it will repel the new coronavirus." It was