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*''Okinawan/Yaeyama'': 御嶽 ''(utaki / on)''
''Utaki'' are sacred spaces in the indigenous animistic [[Ryukyuan religion]], the sites of religious rituals performed by priestesses known as ''[[noro]]'' or ''tsukasa'', as well as more private, individual worship. Often consisting of groves of trees surrounded by stone walls, ''utaki'' were frequently maintained within the inner sections of Okinawan ''[[gusuku]]'' fortresses.
These spaces are known as ''on'' in the [[Yaeyama language]].
The most sacred ''utaki'' on the [[Okinawa Island|island of Okinawa]] is an ancient site known as [[Sefa-utaki]]. Other famous sites include [[Sonohyan utaki]] and Suimui utaki on the grounds of [[Shuri castle]].
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==References==
*[[Robin Thompson|Thompson, Robin]]. "The Music of Ryukyu." ''Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music''. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, 2008. pp305-306.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Shrines]]
''Utaki'' are sacred spaces in the indigenous animistic [[Ryukyuan religion]], the sites of religious rituals performed by priestesses known as ''[[noro]]'' or ''tsukasa'', as well as more private, individual worship. Often consisting of groves of trees surrounded by stone walls, ''utaki'' were frequently maintained within the inner sections of Okinawan ''[[gusuku]]'' fortresses.
These spaces are known as ''on'' in the [[Yaeyama language]].
The most sacred ''utaki'' on the [[Okinawa Island|island of Okinawa]] is an ancient site known as [[Sefa-utaki]]. Other famous sites include [[Sonohyan utaki]] and Suimui utaki on the grounds of [[Shuri castle]].
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==References==
*[[Robin Thompson|Thompson, Robin]]. "The Music of Ryukyu." ''Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music''. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, 2008. pp305-306.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Shrines]]