| In Japan, there was a ritual called Satsukiimi (literally, accursed May) where all the men went out of the house and only women stayed inside to lustrate the impurities and purify themselves before rice planting. |
日本においては、男性が戸外に出払い、女性だけが家の中に閉じこもって、田植えの前に穢れを祓い身を清める儀式を行う五月忌み（さつきいみ）という風習があった。 |