Re: Another Sumo guessing game

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The sagari are telling the other wrester, "don't strike here!"

From: pat cavanagh <pat@ai.cs.fujitsu.co.jp>
>To: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Re: Another Sumo guessing game
>Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:29:31 +0900
>
>Richard Webb wrote:
> >
>
> > >http://members.tripod.com/pigsfly2/flyingpig/sumoposter.jpg
>
> > They look fake to me.  Note the wiry strings (sorry for the technical 
>term
> > there ;-) that hang down from the mawashi.  They are soft and limp which 
>is
> > definitely not real.
>
>Soft and limp strings (sorry about the technical term!) are
>not a sign of fakeness.
>
>Here is an excerpt from the faq at:
>http://www.scgroup.com/sumo/faq/
>
>Basically, the "strings" (sagari) are starched for sekitori
>rikishi, and not for lower ranks. Note that in the picture
>the wrestlers don't have oitchi-mage either.
>
>Being "in front of the curtain" from professional sumo means that even
>your appearance shows
>your rank. Being a sekitori means having tsukebito, oitcho mage (your
>hair styled into a fancy
>ginko-leaf shaped topknot), fancy embroidered Kesho-mawashi, colored
>mawashi for matches,
>rigidly starched sagari (the starched fringe that hangs from the front
>of a mawashi), whitish
>mawashi for practices, seasonal kimono and yukata. You sit down to eat
>first and be served by
>the lower ranked deshi, have your own room, and take part in a
>dohyo-iri, which is like a parade
>to exhibit your rank. Not having this rank means being tsukebito, having
>a simple chon-mage
>topknot, no Kesho-mawashi, dark grayish mawashi for both matches and
>practices, soft sagari,
>and wearing only yukata even when it's a bit chilly out. You also get to
>do grocery shopping and
>cook under the guidance of the Okamisan (Oyakata's wife), and you have
>to eat last even having
>done all the work.




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