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Terms for subject Religion (3849 entries)

Charlottesville Area Christian Home Educators	CACHE
Chi Alpha Campus Ministries	XA
Chi-no-wa	A great ring up to 4m in diameter of twisted miscanthus reeds (chigaya) set up in shrine grounds to exorcise misfortune for those who walk through it. Chi-no-wa are used throughout Japan especially at the festival on June 30 and December 31st
Chicago Harmony And Truth	CHAT
Chichibu yo-matsuri	The "night festival' of Chichibu, Saitama, held on 2-3rd December. It is renowned for magnificent festival floats (dashi) which are dragged through the streets and finally pulled with great effort up a steep slope to the followed by the and accompanying Shinto priests. The kami of the Chichibu city shrine is identified with a bodhisattva widely "Shinto-ised" after the restoration with the name hoshi or pole-star. Kabuki and a dance called hiki-odori are performed on the floats during the day. At night, with a display of fireworks overhead and liberal distribution of participants celebrate with lantern-lit floats the union of the "female" kami of the city's shrine with the "male" kami of the nearby mountain who also takes up residence in the o-tabisho
Chien-shin	Area-related kami. A kami, worshipped by a small group living in a particular geographical area, which protects that region
Chigi	The upright X-shaped crossed beams at each end of the roof of a shrine. Where the tops are cut vertically this normally indicates a male kami is enshrined; if horizontally a female
Chigo	Young child. It refers to children who perform in festivals at Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. A young child is seen as potentially the purest medium for communication with the kami. Shamans (see miko) traditionally started their training at an early age when it was believed the kami would more easily take possession, and a sacred child (chigo or shindo) features in a number of rites such as the matsuri Several different shrine-rites are performed by children including the hana-shizume no mai (blossom-purification dance) at Hikawa jinja, Saitama on April 5-7th and the hanaoke katsugi ('flower ubs on carrying poles') procession of young girls at the Sankawa-tenmangu jinja, Tochigi. The magomi ('child-viewing') matsuri at the Kawaguchi sengen jinja, Yamanashi, is performed for Sengen, the kami of Mt. Fuji, to keep the mountain from erupting. Dances performed by young girls include the onomatopoeic "chakkirako", a name which represents the sound of the ayadake, a paper-wrapped bamboo instrument carried by the dancers. The dance is performed at the Gohongu kainan jinja, Kanagawa, on January 15th
Children For Christ Ministries	CFCM
Children Of Missionaries Education And Training	COMET
Children Of Our Lord	COOL
Chile Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/ Wayne County, Michigan	C4
Chinese Bible Mission	CBM
Chinese Bible Study	CBS
Chinese Christian Fellowship	CCF
Chinese Christian Outreach	CCO
Chinese Evangelization Society	KEO	Alex L­ilo
Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church	CMCC
Chinju no kami	A deity similar to the who belongs to or is invited in to protect a specific area. Chinju no kami are traditionally found in large and important buildings including Buddhist temples and tend to become regarded as or ubusuna no kami. An example is the chinju of the Kanda area of Tokyo, propitiated in the Kanda-matsuri
Chinka-shiki	The rite of "pacifying fire' by walking on red-hot charcoal. Straw mats forming a pathway about five metres long and one metre wide are covered with sand, and on top of them is placed a bed of glowing charcoal. Bamboos with fronds still on them are stuck around the pathway and joined with straw rope hung with shide, effectively making the site a In some cases the moon-deity is petitioned to descend and pacify the god of fire. Participants then circumambulate the walkway, preparing themselves for the fire-walking. Salt is spread on the hot coals at each end and the lead priest and followers walk across the coals. When this part of the ceremony is completed onlookers can take part in the firewalking. The rite may be interpreted, for example in and as a rite of purification of the devotee following the "pacification" of the hot element of fire