Meoto Iwa

Meoto Iwa (夫妻岩), ko Married Couple Rocks, wani nau'i ne na dutse da ake gani a matsayin muhimmiyar addini a cikin Shinto. Su ne wani nau'i na Dutsen Iwakura.

A cewar Shinto, duwatsun suna wakiltar ƙungiyar mahaliccin *kami*, Izanagi da Izanami . Duwatsu, saboda haka, suna murna da haɗin kai a auren namiji da mace.

Shahararrun ma'auratan su ne ma'aurata a Futami Okitama Shrine a Futami-ura, tudu biyu na dutse daga bakin tekun daga Ise, Mie, Japan . Ana hada su da *shimenawa* (wata igiya mai nauyi na bambaro shinkafa) kuma masu bautar haramun suna daukar su a matsayin mai tsarki. Shimenawa, wanda ya ƙunshi nau'i daban-daban guda biyar waɗanda kowannensu yana da nauyin kilo 40,  dole ne a maye gurbinsa sau da yawa a shekara a wani biki na musamman. Babban dutsen, wanda aka ce namiji ne, yana da ƙaramin *tori* a samansa.

Da wayewar gari lokacin bazara, rana ta bayyana tana fitowa tsakanin duwatsun biyu. Ana iya ganin Dutsen Fuji daga nesa. A cikin ƙananan igiyoyin ruwa, ruwa ba ya raba duwatsu.

Okitama Shrine an sadaukar da shi ga Sarutahiko Ọkami da allahn abinci na sarki Ukanomitama . Akwai mutum-mutumi masu yawa na kwadi a kewayen wurin ibadar. Wurin bauta da duwatsun biyu suna kusa da Babban Shrine na Ise, wuri mafi mahimmanci na tsarkakewa a Shinto.

## Shaci
Ma'auratan sun yi duwatsu a Futami Okitama Shrine da ke Mie Prefecture Ise City an daɗe da sanin su, kamar yadda  ya nuna. a zamanin Edo, kuma ana amfani da su a matsayin alama da addu'a don jin daɗin aure da amincin gida, tsaro na teku da babban kama, kuma an ce alama ce ta Iwakura Shinko a cikin Kojindo, wanda ke nufin wani wuri na alama ko wani abu a cikin yanayi, musamman megaliths, duwatsu, da tsaunuka, an dauke shintais kuma an yi imani da cewa wuraren da kamis ke zaune. Don haka ne aka kawata shimenawa da tori domin tabbatar da cewa akwai wani abin bautawa a can (kanzumaru).

Har ila yau, wani nau'i ne na ra'ayi na duality wanda ya mamaye Shinto na da da na yanzu, irin su ra'ayin cewa wannan duniyar ta ƙunshi Utsushi-yo da Tokoyo, da kuma Bakwai Lucky Bakwai na Ebisu da Daikoku, biyu daga cikin Bakwai Lucky Bakwai, an yi imani da zama ɗaya, kuma ƙidayar ƙwanƙwasa da takalma kamar yadda aka ce an saita ko ɗaya zuwa Japan. 

A cikin Kojiki, akwai tatsuniyoyi da yawa game da ma'aurata, daga Izanami da Izanagi zuwa Sarutahiko Ọkami da Ame-no-Uzume . Ana tunanin cewa waɗannan sun zama Sai no Kami (Dōsojin), kuma suna da alaƙa da imani da samuwar dutse. Shi ya sa ake yawan siffanta Jizo da Dōsojin a matsayin ma’aurata ko a matsayin wasu manya da kanana duwatsu ko mutum-mutumi na dutse. Irin wannan imani ga ma’aurata ya yadu a duk duniya a tsawon zamani kuma ya zama sananne a cikin nau'ikan kwanon ma'aurata da sauransu, a lokaci guda kuma yana da alaƙa mai zurfi da imani da tarbiyyar yara da haihuwa a cikin tsarin iyali, kamar mai gida da gida. ' **Iwana**' suna da alaƙa mai zurfi da imani game da haihuwa, renon yara, da dukiyar yara. 

## Oshimenawa
Misalin **oshimenawa** shine Tateishi a Garin Futami, Garin Ise, Mie Prefecture. Babban igiyar shimenawa da ke haɗa Tateishi da Nejiriwa, wanda aka fi sani da "dutsun miji da mata," an yi imanin ita ce hanyar torii (ƙofa) zuwa ga tekun Kohtama Shrine dutse, kuma ana haɗa shi sau uku a shekara a cikin Disamba (kafin Sabuwar Shekara), Mayu, da Satumba.  A lokacin bikin shimenawa-renawa-renawa-renawa-renawa-renawa-renawa-renawa, ana rera wakar sassaƙa itace, wasu kuma suna ɗaukar guntun tsohuwar igiya gida a matsayin fara'a don jin daɗin aure. 

## Tasiri
Mawaƙin Ba'amurke Roger Reynolds ya yi la'akari da sigar Meoto Iwa a Futami, inda ya ziyarta a 1966, yayin da yake shirya motsi na farko " *Futami ga Ura* " na waƙoƙinsa na biyu, " *Symphony [Myths]* " (1990). An raba shi zuwa sassa 3, na farko da na ƙarshe tare da "nau'i mai yawa" suna wakiltar Izanagi da duwatsun Izanami bi da bi, kuma sashe na tsakiya yana wakiltar sararin samaniya a tsakanin. 

## Taron Ma'aurata Na Kasa
An kafa **Majalisar Haɗin Kan Ma'aurata ta Ƙasa** ta wuraren yawon buɗe ido 10 a Japan waɗanda suka yi aure duwatsu ko duwatsu ga ma'aurata, kuma suna gudanar da taron koli na Dutsen Ma'aurata na ƙasa. 

### Yankin Hokkaido

* Oyakoiwa (mahaifin iyaye da yara) in Samani, gundumar Samani .
* Oyakoiwa, wasu ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Horokanai, gundumar Uryū .
* Meotoiwa, ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Kamifurano, gundumar Sorachi .
* Meotoiwa (dutsen ma'aurata) a Wassamu, gundumar Kamikawa (Teshio) .
* Fuufu Iwa ma'aurata sun yi dirar mikiya a Shari'a, gundumar Shari .
* Meotoiwa ma'aurata a cikin Akkeshi, gundumar Akkeshi .

### Gundumar Tohoku

* Ma'aurata sun yi kaca-kaca a Kazamaura, gundumar Shimokita, lardin Aomori .
* Meotoiwa in Nakadomari, gundumar Kitatsugaru, lardin Aomori .
* Meotoiwa in Senmaya Town, Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture; duba Basenkyo don ƙarin bayani.*
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a cikin Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, duba Tekun Kosode don ƙarin bayani.
* Meotoiwa in Sumita, Kesen District, Iwate Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Marumori, gundumar Igu, lardin Miyagi .
* Ma'aurata sun yi rowa a cikin Shirakawa, lardin Fukushima .

### Yankin Kanto

* Meotoiwa in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture .
* Wasu ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Minakami, Gundumar Tone, Gunma Prefecture .

### Yankin Chubu

* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Jōetsu, yankin Niigata .
* Hatagoiwa, also known as Noto Futami*, in Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture .
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Minamimaki, gundumar Minamisaku, lardin Nagano
* Ma'aurata sun yi kaca-kaca a Ogawa, gundumar Kamiminouchi, yankin Nagano.
* Meotoiwa in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Matsuzaki, gundumar Kamo, lardin Shizuoka

### Yankin Kinki

* Meotoiwa in Shima, Mie Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture .

### Yankin Chugoku

* Ma'aurata sun yi rowa a cikin Bizen, lardin Okayama .
* Meotoiwa in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture .
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Higashihiroshima, lardin Hiroshima.
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Shimonoseki, yankin Yamaguchi .
* Meotoiwa in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture

### Yankin Shikoku

* Meotoiwa in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Matsuyama, Kashima Island, Ehime Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Kihoku, Kitauwa District, Ehime Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Konan, Kochi Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Muroto, Kochi Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa a cikin Ōtoyo, gundumar Nagaoka, lardin Kochi .

### Yankin Kyushu

* Meotoiwa in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture.
* Ma'aurata sun yi roƙo a cikin Minami Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Shingū, gundumar Kasuya, lardin Fukuoka.
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Nagasaki, yankin Nagasaki .
* Meotoiwa, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.
* Meotoiwa in Takeo, Saga Prefecture .
* Ma'aurata sun yi duwatsu a Arita, gundumar Nishimatsuura, yankin Saga.
* Meotoiwa in Asagiri, Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture .
* Bungo Futami in Saiki, Ōita Prefecture .
* Meotoiwa a Kunisaki, Karamar Hukumar Ọita.
* Ma'aurata sun yi ta girgiza a Kobayashi, lardin Miyazaki .
* Meotoiwa in Nakatane, Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture .

### Yankin Okinawa

* Meotoze in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture .
* Mihugaru in Kumejima, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture.

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