A procession or parade at a Shinto festival, made up of various elements (often in pairs) such as priests, warriors or guardian deity figures (zuijin), torches (taimatsu), lanterns (chochin), floats (yatai), one or more mikoshi, children or 'virgins' (chigo, otome) and other features particular to the festival.
A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Brian Bocking.