Shide mark the boundary between the sacred and the profane when they are attached to rice rope (or nawa to form Shimenawa). As well as being attached to Shimenawa, they are also used in the fundamental style of ritual or harai (literally “sweeping”) when many strips of Shide are attached to a pole, which is waved left and then right. More @Wikipedia
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