Mawashi
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In sumo, a mawashi is the loincloth that rikishi wear during training or in competition. Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a keshō-mawashi as part of the ring entry ceremony or dohyō-iri.
Hakuhō Shō in a silk mawashi, worn by sekitori during tournaments. Colour matching sagari strings hang from the mawashi across his legs.
Sekitori in white cotton training mawashi.
Edo Period wrestler in keshō-mawashi
Modern sumo wrestlers in top division ring entrance ceremony, wearing keshō-mawashi
Sekitori
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A sekitori is a rikishi who is ranked in one of the top two professional divisions: makuuchi and jūryō. The name literally translates to having taken the barrier, as only a relatively small fraction o
Mawashi
…Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a keshō-mawashi as part of the ring entry ceremony or dohyō-iri. For top ranked professional rikishi (known as sekitori), the mawashi is made of silk and comes in a variety of colours. It is approximately 30 feet (9 m) in length when unwrapped, about 2 ft (0.6 m) wide…
Tegata of the former makuuchi wrestler Terao