(Kelly of the Clue Crew kneels at the riverbank in Kyoto, Japan, and releases a basket with two small dolls into the current.)  In Shinto, dolls called katashiro take on transgressions of a person & are set adrift in this type of spiritual cleansing rite
[DOC] [TLE] Harae - Wikipedia [PAR] Harae or harai ( or ) is the general term for rituals of purification in Shinto.