Namahage — Oga Shinzan Denshōkan (男鹿真山伝承館) 男鹿真山伝承館
The masked figures shout ‘aren't there any lazy children?’: the rite has been UNESCO heritage since 2018.
The name comes from namomi, the cracked skin from fire burns that the rite originally mimed ‘peeling off’ the lazy who had stayed by the hearth all winter. A national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property since 1978; UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2018, in the group ‘Raihōshin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes’ (来訪神：仮面・仮装の神々), together with nine other similar Japanese traditions.
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