Round 10: Tossup 6

A historic “wandering” type of these people carried a box said to house spirits and to contain human and animal skulls. A special cloth these people offered for protection of crops names a festival celebrating a reunion of two lovers. These people carry cherry birch bows and may sell “evil-destroying arrows” (-5[1])as good luck charms. (-5[1])In one ritual, these people shake boiling water over worshippers using a staff covered in small bells. These people, who sell randomized paper (*) fortunes, are often students (10[1])working part-time. One of these people who (-5[1])performed in a dry Izumo riverbed may have invented kabuki theater. These people, the most common performers of a dance inspired by the goddess Uzume called the kagura, (-5[1])typically wear red trousers and a white kosode. For 10 points, name these female Shinto shrine attendants. ■END■ (10[3])

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