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神幸祭

しんこうさい
festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine
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還幸祭

かんこうさい
festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine
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時代祭

じだいまつり
Festival of the Ages (Oct. 22 festival held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto)
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式年祭

しきねんさい
imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
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上棟祭

じょうとうさい
ridgepole-raising ceremony
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式年遷宮祭

しきねんせんぐうさい
fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
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女司祭

おんなしさい
priestess
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海神祭

うんじゃみまつり
Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)
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女祭司

おんなさいし、じょさいし
priestess
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春日祭

かすがまつり
Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)