I understand, just answer whenever you wish to.
1. Do you know if there is a particular reason why parents wait between 31 to 32 days after their child's birth to take their child to a shrine for an initiation ritual?
2. I don't suppose you know about
kami do you?
3. I read that when someone enters a shrine to pray, they splash water on their hands and face, and then rinse their mouth
. From what you said about purification rituals, I think I understand why they splash their hands and face, but why rinse their mouths? Is it for the same reason as the hands and face?