In this paper, I will explain the process of the creation of new festival, focusing on "Okitama Shrine Shimenawa Honobiki" in Futami-cho Mie-prefecture. This festival was created in 1985 by the community. In this festival, the Shimenawa (a Shinto straw festoon) of Okitama Shrine is carried by the people under the protection of Okitama Shrine in a festive mood. First of all, I will start with the analysis of the festival itself and indicate some motifs in its course. Next I will consider the creating process of this festival. And these motifs are indicated in the creating process. They offer the key to an understanding of a way of members' thinking. The assumption in this paper is as follows: there is the "usual" world in the creating process of the "unusual" world, festival. Thus the creating process is more important than the fact of "created". We have to consider our trivial day of life. Indeed our everyday life is a matter of course, but it is a matter of great importance to us.
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