Goosama Matsuri

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護法祭　Gohoosai Matsuri

通称：ごうさま - Goosama



　　　　天下の奇祭

８月１４日深夜


両山寺　－ Ryoosan-Ji


二上山護法祭（美咲町）/ふたがみさんごほうさい
斎戒沐浴した行者（護法実＝ごほうざね）が神がかりとなって、本堂前の境内を縦横無尽に走り回る奇祭である。
神が人の身に乗り移った“ごうさま”が神がかりになって、境内を走り回る奇祭。

護法祭〔ごほうさい〕＝護法善神〔密教系寺院に祀られている〕の祭り。
現在は数カ所のみに伝わる奇祭。
真夜中に、護法実〔ごほうざね　－　護法善神の乗り移り〕が両手を広げて境内を飛び回り、「仏法擁護」「伽藍安全」「天下泰平」「万民快楽」を祈念する。
参拝者は捕まるまいと逃げ回る。捕まったら３年間の間に死ぬと言う。
怖わあああああいです。

県指定重要無形民俗文化財
Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture



◆問い合わせ 所在地 / 美咲町両山寺
TEL / 美咲町教育委員会中央支所
(0868)66-2873
http://www.pref.okayama.jp/mimasaka/kankou/bunka_j/obr_mukeiminzoku1.html


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中央町教育委員会　平成4年


2007年 ゴーサマの祭り
. 美咲・両山寺で護法祭 .


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At Temple Ryosanji (Ryoosan-Ji), August 14, Midnight

This is a very special festival of our area, only held in two othere temples here.
At midnight, the local shaman, called "Goosama", after a week of fasting, cold water ablutions and asceticism at the Temple Ryoosan-Ji comes down from his retreat above the temple, accompanied by Mountain Ascetic Monks, Yamabushi, and is then imbued with the spirit of the Crow God. He hops around the temple grounds, weaving his arms, for about two hours, vigorously running from here to there, sometimes up and down a slope especially made for this one night, in almost pitchdark, with only two torches in two corners of the temple grounds. People shrieck and run away in great horror when he approaches their part of the area.

If he grabs a visitor during this time, that person is said to die within three years. (If you have a special purification ritual performed afterwards, the bad fortune will be taken away though . ... )

During my 12 years in the area, there are quite some stories of people not doing the proper purification rituals (because this is some kind of middle-ages hocuspocus to them ..) and later died from traffic accidents or otherwise ..

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. Kisai 天下の奇祭 Special Festivals of Japan 　

A very similar festival in Kyushu
. Onioi matsuri, oni-oi matsuri　鬼追い祭り .


大垪和　。。。道の駅に戻る - Michi no Eki - BACK


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