Happy New Years /d/!In Japan, preparations for seeing in the new year were originally undertaken to greet the toshigami, or deity of the incoming year. The house is decorated in the traditional fashion: A sacred rope of straw (shimenawa) with dangling white paper strips (shide) is hung to prevent evil spirits from entering and to show the presence of the toshigami.
It is also customary to place kadomatsu beside the entrance way.
A kadomatsu ("gate pine") is a traditional Japanese decoration of the New Year placed in pairs in front of homes supposedly to welcome ancestral spirits or kami of the harvest. They are considered temporary housing for kami.
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Designs for kadomatsu vary depending on region but are typically made of pine, bamboo, and sometimes ume tree sprigs which represent longevity, prosperity and steadfastness, respectively.
The central portion of the Kadomatsu is formed from three large bamboo shoots. Similar to several traditions of ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement), the shoots are set at different heights and represent heaven, humanity, and earth with heaven being the highest and earth being the lowest. Some Kadomatsu places the humanity and earth shoots at the same height.
After binding all the elements of the Kadomatsu it is bound with a straw mat and newly woven straw rope. Kadomatsu are placed in pairs on either side of the gate, representing male and female. (No examples of male were available for this thread.)
The bondage kadomatsu are from Yellow Cake. All wisdom is from Wikipedia. Happy New Year all you /d/eviants.
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