In my text book I have a sentence I’m struggling with. The paragraph reads
「日本人の生活を見ると、神棚と仏壇を祭る他にも、もっと色々な宗教的習慣や行事があることに気がつくだろう。まず、お正月には「初詣」といって、人々は神社やお寺にお参りに行き、お守りやお札をもらう。
The part that gets me is how after 初詣 there’s no というの or something I would
have expected. Instead といって is written. Can someone explain please! Thanks
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お正月には「初詣」といって…grammar
In this context, I would think of ...といって as expressing the idea "we could
talk about New Years Day Observances"
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"お正月には「初詣」という" doesn't make sense. On the other hand, the sentence in question
would make perfect sense if it were not for `「初詣」といって`:

> お正月には、人々は神社やお寺にお参りに行き、お守りやお札をもらう。

So I think this `「初詣」といって` should be parsed like a [parenthetical
aside](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/68193/5010). This type of ～といって is
relatively common and it works like English "..., _known as ～_ , ...".

> お正月には（「初詣」といって）人々は神社やお寺にお参りに行き…  
>  In _oshogatsu_ , people visit shrines or temples... (we call this _hatsu-
> mode_ )
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