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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Torii.svg

The Shinto symbol is called "Torii". It is called the Torii because in past, people believed that birds would carry the dead, and so, Torii would be their resting place.

Tori= Bird

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Thus being "Torii"

http://www.shinmei.or.jp/en/imageszu-toriiEN.gif

There are also many different kinds of Torii, because in general it is a gate; or resting place for the birds.

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Ona Wuckert

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