Yudate-kagura is the general name of religious rites to wish no occurrence of diseases and disasters and rich harvest of five grain crops, etc., and to have the year's fortune told by conducting rites using boiled water which is boiled in a large pot.
釜で湯を煮えたぎらせ、その湯をもちいて神事を執り行い、無病息災や五穀豊穣などを願ったり、その年の吉兆を占う神事の総称である。