About Iomante
Iomante (Japanese: イオマンテ), sometimes written as Iyomante (Japanese: イヨマンテ) is an Ainu ceremony of Hokkaido and Sakhalin in which a hand-raised brown bear cub is ceremonially killed, under the belief that the soul merely returns to its god-world (kamuy mosir). The physical body of the bear god is considered merely to be his "disguise" (hopunire), and the pelt and meat harvested are accepted as gifts that the god has left in gratitude for the ceremonious hospitality it received.
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