[sumo] Sumo Wrestling: From Ritual Origins to Honorable…

[Patricia Yarrow]

Well I did finish reading it, but that wretched diaper trope was so
unnecessary and trite

On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 4:14 AM, Katrina Watts <sumorina at mac.com> wrote:

> It is so annoying when ignorant people refer to the mawashi as a “diaper”
> or “nappy”.  If it’s in conversation I counter by asking, “Was Mahatma
> Ghandi wearing a diaper?”  “Was Jesus wearing a diaper?” and that usually
> shuts them up!
>
> Katrina
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 19 Dec 2021, at 11:02 pm, Patricia Yarrow <yarrowp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> As soon as the writer described the mawashi as "diapers" (a cloth for
> babies to poo into), I stopped reading.
> Would this lazy writer also describe swimming trunks as "diapers"?
> Idiotic.
>
> */ Patricia Yarrow*
>
>
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 at 12:01, Jeffrey Anderson <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/sumo-wrestling-0016200
>>
>> Gaijingai
>> Sent from my iPhone
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