Omizutori (お水取り), or the annual sacred water-drawing festival, is a Japanese Buddhist festival that takes place in the Nigatsu-dō of Tōdai-ji, Nara, Japan...
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At present, it starts on 1 March and ends on the 15th of the month. Omizutori, which means taking sacred water, has become the popular name of the ceremony...
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1,000 years, and it is still used today for some rituals, such as the omizutori (water drawing) portion of the Shuni-e rites at the Tōdai-ji in Nara....
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until the Nigatsu-dō was completed in 772. The ceremony is also known as Omizutori (お水取り), the name of its climactic ritual. The ceremony actually comprises...
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many eminent monks have served as abbot. According to legend, the annual Omizutori ceremony at Tōdai-ji was begun by the monk Jitchū after he discovered...
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many eminent monks have served as abbot. According to legend, the annual Omizutori ceremony at Tōdai-ji was begun by the monk Jitchū after he discovered...
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documents silver ink on dark blue paper; damaged in the 1667 fire during the Omizutori that destroyed the Nigatsudō; twenty scrolls, eighteen of which were once...
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Bill Laswell, Brian Eno, Michael Beinhorn Brian Eno 3:59 10. "Shunie Omizutori Buddhist Ceremony" (recorded by Yoshihiro Kawasaki) unknown artist 6:45...
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allowed to visit and permission is granted to these Christians during Omizutori when holy water is drawn from the island's rocks. Although the island...
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