Each tube is modeled after a type of crop; one of the tubes is broken on the shrine floor, after which the ranking of crops is called in accordance with the gods' fortune telling, and the Shatei (lower-rank Shinto priest) repeats it loudly to the audience gathered in front of the alter.
それぞれの筒はそれぞれの穀種にかたどり、神殿大床で1筒わり、穀菜の種類上下の品位を神占にしたがってとなえ、社丁がこれにおうじて大声でとなえかえして神前にむれあつまったひとびとに聞かせた。