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Setsubun is traditionally celebrated by the head of the household throwing pan-heated beans out the door, chanting "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!" (鬼は外! 福は内!) while he does so. The literal meaning of the words is "Demons out! Luck in!" -- the beans are thought to symbolically purify the home. In Heian era, a famous Buddhist monk was said to have driven away Oni by throwing them.