![Picture of an enormous structure of twisted rice strands hanging over a temple entrance in Japan](https://i.natgeofe.com/n/eb7109ec-0ddd-43f9-8853-21b70cb49c95/NationalGeographic_488871.jpg)
Sacred Strands
A story in the May 1994 issue documented the global necessity of rice crops. Here, an enormous structure of twisted rice straw, called shimenawa, hangs over Izumo Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Japan.
Photograph by Robb Kendrick, Nat Geo Image Collection
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