A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

GYORETSU

A procession or parade at a Shinto festival, made up of various elements (often in pairs) such as priests, warriors or guardian deity figures (zuijin), torches (taimatsu), lanterns (chochin), floats (yatai), one or moremikoshi, children or 'virgins' (chigo, otome) and other features particular to the festival.