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A miko (巫女) is a Shinto term in Japan, indicating a shrine (jinja) maiden or a supplementary priestess who was once likely seen as a shaman but in modern Japanese culture is understood to be an institutionalized role in daily shrine life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing to performing the Kagura, a sacred dance.
The traditional attire of a miko would be a pair of red hakama (long, divided trousers) or a long, red, slightly pleated skirt tied with a bow, a white haori (kimono jacket), and some white or red hair ribbons. In Shintoism, the color white symbolizes purity.[citation needed]
Traditional Miko tools include azusayumi (梓弓 or “catalpa bow”) the tamagushi (玉串 or “offertory sakaki-tree branches”) and the gehōbako (外法箱 or the “supernatural box that contains dolls, animal and human skulls ... [and] Shinto prayer beads”).
The miko also use “bells, drums, candles, and bowls of rice” in their ceremonies.
The Japanese word miko or fujo — “female shaman; shrine maiden” — is usually written 巫女 as a compound of the kanji 巫 "shaman", and 女 "woman; female". Miko was archaically written 神子 (lit. "kami/god child") and 巫子 ("shaman child").[citation needed]
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