Now Viewing: mawashiTag type: General In sumo, a mawashi (廻し) is the belt (loincloth) that the rikishi (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition. Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a keshoo-mawashi (see below) as part of the ring entry ceremony or dohyoo-iri. For top-ranked professional rikishi, it is made of silk and comes in a variety of colors. It is approximately 30 feet (9.1 m) in length when unwrapped, about two feet wide (60 cm) and weighs about 8 to 11 lb (3.6 to 5.0 kg). It is wrapped several times around the rikishi and fastened in the back by a large knot. A series of matching color, stiffened silk fronds, called sagari are inserted into the front of the mawashi. Their number varies from 13 to 25, and is always an odd number. They are purely decorative, and if they fall out during competition the gyooji (referee) will throw them from the ring at the first opportunity. keshoo-mawashi Wrestlers in the two upper divisions, makuuchi and juuryoo, are allowed to wear a second ceremonial keshoo-mawashi during their ring-entering ceremony. The silk 'belt' opens out at one end into a large apron which is usually heavily embroidered and with thick tassels at the bottom. The keshoo-mawashi may advertise the produce of a sponsor of the rikishi (for example Bulgarian oozeki (champion rank) Kotoooshuu [1] was sponsored by a Japanese brand of yogurt, "Bulgaria", which was prominently displayed on the front of his keshoo-mawashi) or be a gift from one of the rikishi's support groups. [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Katsunori From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawashi Other Wiki Information Last updated: 08/18/19 7:01 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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