Shuni-e ceremony
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The Shuni-e ceremony is an ancient Buddhist repentance and purification ritual held annually at Tōdai-ji’s Nigatsu-dō Hall in Nara, Japan, best known for its dramatic nighttime fire and water rites.
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| Shuni-e ceremony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20584043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shuni-e ceremony Context triple: [Nigatsu-dō, knownFor, Shuni-e ceremony]
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Kuksu ceremony
The Kuksu ceremony is a traditional religious and healing ritual complex of several Indigenous groups in central California, involving masked dances, initiation rites, and seasonal celebrations tied to spiritual renewal and community cohesion.
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Okipa ceremony
The Okipa ceremony is a traditional Mandan religious ritual involving elaborate fasting, dancing, and often painful ordeals intended to reenact tribal myths and ensure the tribe’s spiritual and physical well-being.
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Sigui ceremony
The Sigui ceremony is a once-every-60-years Dogon ritual cycle in Mali that marks the symbolic renewal of the world and commemorates the first ancestor’s acquisition of speech.
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Tiwah ceremony
The Tiwah ceremony is a traditional secondary funeral ritual of the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in which the bones of the deceased are exhumed, purified, and placed in a special ossuary to help their soul reach the afterlife.
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Baci ceremony
The Baci ceremony is a traditional Lao ritual that calls back and harmonizes a person’s guardian spirits to promote well-being, good fortune, and social bonding during important life events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shuni-e ceremony Target entity description: The Shuni-e ceremony is an ancient Buddhist repentance and purification ritual held annually at Tōdai-ji’s Nigatsu-dō Hall in Nara, Japan, best known for its dramatic nighttime fire and water rites.
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A.
Kuksu ceremony
The Kuksu ceremony is a traditional religious and healing ritual complex of several Indigenous groups in central California, involving masked dances, initiation rites, and seasonal celebrations tied to spiritual renewal and community cohesion.
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B.
Okipa ceremony
The Okipa ceremony is a traditional Mandan religious ritual involving elaborate fasting, dancing, and often painful ordeals intended to reenact tribal myths and ensure the tribe’s spiritual and physical well-being.
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C.
Sigui ceremony
The Sigui ceremony is a once-every-60-years Dogon ritual cycle in Mali that marks the symbolic renewal of the world and commemorates the first ancestor’s acquisition of speech.
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D.
Tiwah ceremony
The Tiwah ceremony is a traditional secondary funeral ritual of the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in which the bones of the deceased are exhumed, purified, and placed in a special ossuary to help their soul reach the afterlife.
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E.
Baci ceremony
The Baci ceremony is a traditional Lao ritual that calls back and harmonizes a person’s guardian spirits to promote well-being, good fortune, and social bonding during important life events.
- F. None of above. chosen
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