Sumo Halloween Costumes Get Cancelled.

[Gaijingai]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/danabramslive/abrams-pc-police-ban-certain-halloween-costumes/
 

by the way, did anyone ride the Yamamoto Halloween train this year?

[sumojoann]

At first, when I saw the title of this thread, "Sumo Halloween Costumes Get Cancelled", I thought it was about rikishi being told that they couldn't wear Halloween costumes this year!

What is the Yamamoto Halloween train?

[Seiyashi]

I don't normally agree with the PC brigades, but considering what sumo costumes are likely to be like in Western countries, maybe it's for the best. Feels to me like a sumo cosplay for Halloween would be better as E. Honda or something (body shape be damned), but then there's bound to be someone up in arms about cultural appropriation too, and that's the most that ought to be said here.

[Katooshu]

My dislike for those ridiculous sumo suits knows no bounds 

[Churaumi]

So many people here in midwest America have only experienced sumo through those stupid suits that they think that's what real sumo is like. Then I show them the real thing and almost always the first reaction is they thought it was just fat guys trying to bump bellies out of a ring, and a lot of them don't even know they can grab belts. I don't mind the cultural appropriation of it, that's kind of the point of Halloween in a way. But I don't like ignorance.

[sumojoann]

1 hour ago, Churaumi said:

So many people here in midwest America have only experienced sumo through those stupid suits that they think that's what real sumo is like. Then I show them the real thing and almost always the first reaction is they thought it was just fat guys trying to bump bellies out of a ring, and a lot of them don't even know they can grab belts. I don't mind the cultural appropriation of it, that's kind of the point of Halloween in a way. But I don't like ignorance.

Here is a great video to show your ignoramuses.  It has a lot going for it!  1)  It shows the GOAT's 30th winning Yusho;  2) lots of belt-grabbing, very little belly-bumping;  3) shows only the end of each bout, good for short attention spans;  4) shows the name of the winning technique at the end of each bout to help them understand that not every bout is the same;  5) has music to entertain them! 

 

[sumojoann]

1 hour ago, Churaumi said:

So many people here in midwest America have only experienced sumo through those stupid suits that they think that's what real sumo is like. Then I show them the real thing and almost always the first reaction is they thought it was just fat guys trying to bump bellies out of a ring, and a lot of them don't even know they can grab belts. I don't mind the cultural appropriation of it, that's kind of the point of Halloween in a way. But I don't like ignorance.

Here's another excellent video to show stupid people what an exciting sport sumo is, and to get them out of that ignorant mindset that sumo is just fat guys in diapers belly-bumping.  I find that if I show people videos of Enho (winning, of course!), I may not get a convert to sumo fandom, but it does seem to open people's eyes to the fact that there is a lot more to the sport.  I then get a chance to explain that there are no weight classes, the ring is only 15 feet wide, the wrestlers wear nothing but the mawashi, the meaning of salt-throwing, the strong ties with the Shinto religion, etc, etc.  Enho did single-handedly convert one acquaintance of mine into a fan, mainly of Enho, though!  She kept going outside for cigarette breaks but told me later that she always took her phone so she could watch YT videos of his bouts while smoking! 

 

[Churaumi]

23 hours ago, sumojoann said:

 Enho did single-handedly convert one

 

Me too! People around here tend to like the little guys, probably because they are not what they expect, and they have to be a little more creative to win.