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Jan 24
2008
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Sefa UtakiPosted by meg in Untagged |
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{mosimage}0kinawans believe that gods descend to utaki and individuals can communicate with them there through villages and festivals.
Like most other utaki, Sefa Utaki is located in a forested grove. To those unaware of the site's importance, the area seems like little more than a coral outcropping whose main feature is an unusual triangular passageway formed by a portion of the formation sliding off and landing on its edge. While the date of the foundation of Sefa Utaki is unknown, the Chuzan Seikan (the royal history of the Ryukyu Kingdom) says it was the creation of Amamikyo, the founding god of the Ryukyu Islands.
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