In Japan, there was a ritual called Satsukiimi (literally, accursed May) where all the men went out of the house and only women stayed inside to lustrate the impurities and purify themselves before rice planting.
日本においては、男性が戸外に出払い、女性だけが家の中に閉じこもって、田植えの前に穢れを祓い身を清める儀式を行う五月忌み（さつきいみ）という風習があった。