Question

These objects are placed around villages in order to prevent evil spirits in the practice of kanjo. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these long rice straw ropes often decorated with shide (“SHEE-day”) paper streamers that designate a sacred place in Shinto.
ANSWER: shimenawa [prompt on ropes]
[10e] Due to their spiritual significance, shimenawa are often hung from these gates found at the entrance of Shinto shrines.
ANSWER: torii
[10m] When these objects are decorated with shimenawa, they are known as kura, or “storehouses,” for kami. Places named for containing these general objects may be “raked” to produce patterns resembling ripples.
ANSWER: rocks [or stones; or iwa; accept gravel; accept rock gardens]
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Claremont AUCSD10101030
Liberty ALiberty B0101020
William & MaryLiberty C0101020
UNC BUNC C0101020
DukeUNC D0101020
Virginia Tech AVirginia A0101020
South CarolinaWake Forest0101020
Indiana BChicago B0000
WashU AChicago C010010
WashU BChicago D0101020
Illinois BIllinois C0101020
Chicago AMissoui S&T10101030
Indiana AMissouri10101030
UC Berkeley AUCLA0101020
Harvard ABU010010
MIT ABrandeis B0101020
Harvard BBrown A010010
Brandeis ADartmouth A0000
UMass BostonTufts A010010
UBCUW A1010020
UW BAlberta010010
ASUTexas B010010
Texas ATAMU0101020
Georgia Tech CBruin A0101020
Cornell BGeorge Washington A0101020
Yale AHaverford A010010
Maryland BJohn Jay College001010
Maryland APenn B010010
NYU AGeorge Washington B0101020
Penn AHaverford B001010
Rutgers ANYU B10101030
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