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I don't think it is. In public they must wear only cotton kimonos, and in competition they wear silk belts. Maybe the training belts? They look to be of some he
by automatic6131 4y ago
I don't think it is. In public they must wear only cotton kimonos, and in competition they wear silk belts. Maybe the training belts? They look to be of some heavy, stiff material. I'd thought they were just thick cotton too.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y agoThe ceremonial heavy rope belt - tsuna - is made from the same material that almost all ropes were back in the day: hemp. [0] That this isn’t common knowledge is more anecdata of what I am talking bout. [0] https://tachiai.org/2017/01/25/preparing-the-rope/amp/ https://tachiai.org/2017/01/25/preparing-the-rope/amp/
- bamboozled 4y agoHemp is for certain used to make decorative rope for shrines and temples, and it looks like many どひょう (sumo fighting rings) have some hemp rope involved in them. The sumo belts look to be made of hemp to me. There are all types of weird laws about hemp farmers having to be careful not to breathe in the smoke when burning off during autumn harvests etc :)