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
Loincloth
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A loincloth is a one-piece garment, either wrapped around itself or kept in place by a belt. It covers the genitals and the intergluteal cleft though not always covering the entirety of the buttocks.
Mawashi
…In sumo, a mawashi (廻し) is the loincloth that rikishi (sumo wrestlers) wear during training or in competition. Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a keshō-mawashi as part of the ring entry…
Sketch of a loincloth
A form of loincloth worn with a cape by Nezahualpilli, c. 1500
The Aztecs wore loincloths with or without other garments.
Australian Aboriginal dance group wearing loincloths made from modern materials on stage at the Nambassa festival