Sabā-okuri

サバー送りさばーおくり

D A T E2026-07-05

A nationally rare insect-sending rite transmitted in Nagato City, Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi Prefectural Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Two straw effigies — 'Sabā-sama' and 'Sanemori-sama' — are relayed from hamlet to hamlet starting from Iiyama Hachimangū, finally sent out beyond the cluster of hamlets, to drive away rice pests and pray for abundant harvest. 'Sabā' is said to mean the pest itself, or alternatively the deity who quells the pest; the hamlet-spanning relay structure sets it apart from insect-sending rites elsewhere.

出典: 長門市公式ホームページ（長門の話題「伝統のサバー送り」2017年）（https://www.city.nagato.yamaguchi.jp/wadairoot/wadai/20170701sabahokuri.html）※掲載許諾申請中

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01Yamaguchi Prefectural Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property
02Two straw effigies — Sabā-sama and Sanemori-sama
03Hamlet-to-hamlet relay form
04Multi-hamlet insect-sending rite originating at Iiyama Hachimangū
05A nationally rare wide-area cooperative insect-sending rite

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