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What does a sumo wear?

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Mawashi: The loincloth style belt is 2 feet wide and about 30 feet long. It is folded sideways six times, then wrapped around the waist multiple times (4 to 7) depending on the size of the Sumo wrestler. It is attached around the groin with a strap.

In sumo, a mawashi is the belt that the rikishi (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition. Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a kesho-mawashi as part of the ring entry ceremony or dohyo-iri. The kesho are given to the wrestlers by sponsors and supporters and can be very diverse and beautiful.

Those are traditional garment to keep them from carrying weapons.

Sumo is the national sport in Japan. It's an Authentic peek into Japan, dating back to Ancient Japanese Culture.

The wrestlers are called Rikishi- 'strong man'.

Every Wrestler wears a thick silk belt (more like a small diaper…) to their waist which can be grabbed by the opponent and used to throw the Wrestler out of the ring.

The samurai Japanese warrior wear Fundoshi - the underwear, which most of all resembled a diaper.

Its easy to move in

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technically they are supposed to wear a traditional Kimona and top knot hairstyle and wooden sandles at all press and public outings but many yokozuna category sumo wrestlers choose to wear business suits to go out and have fun because they want to feel like normal public when clubing.

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When Sumo started hundreds and hundreds of years ago, all men dressed like that. Sumo wrestlers keep up the tradition when they wrestle. Japanese are very respectful of tradition. Today, Sumo wrestlers dress like anyone else when they are not competing.

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Sumo wrestlers wear a Miwashi, a combination belt and loin cloth. (color does not have any meaning) When entering the ring at the beginning of a Basho, they often wear the kesho-miwashi, a ceremonial apron that is often donated by sponsors. They are required to wear their hair in the style appropriate for their rank, it serves as protection for the head.

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They wear a mawashi, a type of loincloth. It is usually made up of as much as 9 yards of material.

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It's called a mawashi.

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