What does a sumo wear?
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