Boom!... Boom!... My chest reverberates with the thumping of a huge wooden drum as two robed holy men shuffle across tatami mats.
They kneel in a vermilion-colored alcove, and a young assistant announces that the ceremony has commenced.
The priests begin bowing and chanting rhythmically. I've been given a white "robe of cleansing" to wear. Actually, it's more like a smock.
I'm not sure what I should be doing. I bow a couple of times.
I've come to...
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