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Is committing tengu a year or a lifetime

Committing Tengu is for one year.

According to traditional Japanese culture, committing a tengu is a crime, and once committed, one is punished for a year. It is said that the person who commits tengu will be imprisoned in the mountains and given a task to perform, and only by completing the task will he or she be set free.

In traditional culture, committing tengu is also seen as a good deed, as it helps people to correct their mistakes, improve their behavior and become kinder.

In traditional Japanese culture, people who commit Tengu are also considered to be brave because these people dare to take responsibility and change themselves to become kinder.