Misogi
Misogi (Jap., ‘pouring water [over] the body’). An act of ritual purification. A form of harae, misogi is technically (though now not restricted to) a ritual performed at a river or seashore for the purpose of cleansing pollution from the body, often as part of preparations for a larger religious ceremony.
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