Moreover, Miko no mai (Shrine maidens' dance) as well as many kinds of entertainment among the common people and professional performers that have been passed down to the present day, including the "show business (Sumo) as Shinto ritual" or various kinds of mai (dance) like the Matoi (flaming flag) mai, shishi (lion) mai, Kagura (musical dances including Miko no mai) and Daikagura (spinning tricks and acrobatics), were originally types of ritual prayer intended to honor and appease the gods.
また巫女の舞や庶民や芸能の芸として現在に受け継がれる「神事としての興行（相撲）」や舞（纏舞い・獅子舞）や神楽（巫女の舞など）や太神楽（曲独楽・軽業）なども神に捧げ神を和ぎ（かんなぎ）させるための祈りとしての祈祷である。