The worship practices of Shintoism can either take place in homes or at shrines. All the values of Shintoism should resemble with sincerity, cheerfulness, and purity. Shinto ceremonies have strong elements that need to be completed in order for it to be the “full experience”. All the elements must be tied together in order to please kami, the god who the worship is offered to.
To worship at home, many homes have a place where they have a tiny replica of a shrine, these, are called a kami-dana (a kami shelf). This is where the home residents make offerings of flowers, food, and say their prayers. Some of the kami-danas have an amulet to symbolize good luck. To link the real shrine to the kami-dana, the family will place a religious object from a shrine onto the kami-dana.
The purpose people visit shrines is for things like festivals, personal spiritual reasons, or to put a request to kami. The journey that they worshipper makes through the shrine, links them spiritually from their normal lives, to a place of holiness and purity. The look of the shrine is supposed to look like the reason why they are worshipping.
Norito are ritual prayers that are meant for kami during formal ceremonies, these prayers are spoken out loud by a priest. Shinto believe that if certain words are spoken properly, they have a spiritual power that will bring about good. Yogoto is a blessing specifically for the imperial reign of someone. The Nakatomi no yogoto is said out loud on the day the emperor is assigned to the throne. The Shinto's also practice things to make the kami happy. They don't do anything to disturb the kami in anyway.
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