200px|right|thumb|Sefa-utaki () is an Okinawan term for a sacred place, often a grove, cave, or mountain. They are central to the Ryukyuan religion and the former noro priestess system. Although the term is used throughout the Ryukyu Islands, the terms and are heard in the Miyako and Yaeyama regions respectively. are usually located on the outskirts of villages and are places for the veneration of gods and ancestors. Most have places of worship, and it is theorized that the origins of both and are closely related.
200px|right|thumb|Sefa-utaki () is an Okinawan term for a sacred place, often a grove, cave, or mountain. They are central to the Ryukyuan religion and the former noro priestess system. Although the term is used throughout the Ryukyu Islands, the terms and are heard in the Miyako and Yaeyama regions respectively. are usually located on the outskirts of villages and are places for the veneration of gods and ancestors. Most have places of worship, and it is theorized that the origins of both and are closely related.
These places usually face east, due to the mythical origin of the gods and spirits in the East, or southeast, south, or southwest in a few places.
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