(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
Harae is one of ... Harae is often described as purification, but it is also known as 
an exorcism to be ...