2009-03-23T18:29:51Z <p><b>Sumo</b> <span style='font-weight: normal'>(<span class='t_nihongo_kanji' lang='ja' xml:lang='ja'>相撲</span><span class='t_nihongo_comma' style='display:none'>,</span> <i>sumō</i><span class='t_nihongo_help noprint'>^{<span class='t_nihongo_icon' style='color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;'>?</span>}</span>)</span> is a competitive <span title='Contact sport'>contact sport</span> where a <span class='mw-redirect' title='Wrestler'>wrestler</span> (<i><span class='mw-redirect' title='Rikishi'>rikishi</span></i>) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (<i><span title='Dohyō'>dohyō</span></i>) or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in <a href='/en/Japan' title='Japan'>Japan</a>, the only country where it is practiced professionally. The Japanese consider sumo a <i><span title='Gendai budō'>gendai budō</span></i><sup title='This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2009' class='Template-Fact' style='white-space:nowrap;'>[<i>citation needed</i>]</sup> (a modern <span class='mw-redirect' title='Japanese martial art'>Japanese martial art</span>), though the sport has a history spanning many centuries. The sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of <a href='/en/Salt' title='Salt'>salt</a> purification, from the days sumo was used in the <span class='mw-redirect' title='Shinto religion'>Shinto religion</span>. Life as a <i>rikishi</i> is highly regimented, with rules laid down by the <span class='mw-redirect' title='Sumo Association'>Sumo Association</span>. Professional sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal "sumo training stables" known in Japanese as <i><span title='Heya'>heya</span></i> where all aspects of their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dictated by strict tradition.</p> false [] fotopedia-en-Sumo fotopedia Sumo false 2009-12-11T14:14:11Z 3.3743 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z { "visitor" : [ "PageCreate", "AlbumItemCreate", "CommentCreate", "AlbumShowOnWeb", "PageModify", "PageChangeEditorChoice", "AlbumShow", "AlbumItemRemove" ], "member" : [ "PageCreate", "AlbumItemCreate", "CommentCreate", "AlbumShowOnWeb", "PageModify", "PageChangeEditorChoice", "AlbumShow", "AlbumItemRemove" ], "banned" : [ "AlbumShowOnWeb", "AlbumShow" ], "administrator" : [ "AlbumChangeProfile", "AlbumDestroy", "AlbumRoleChangeMember", "AlbumRoleChangeEditor", "AlbumShowOnWeb", "AlbumChangeName", "AlbumRoleChangeBan", "PageDestroy", "PageCreate", "AlbumItemCreate", "AlbumRoleChangeAdmin", "CommentCreate", "CommentDestroy", "PageModify", "PageChangeEditorChoice", "AlbumShow", "AlbumItemRemove" ], "editor" : [ "PageCreate", "AlbumItemCreate", "CommentDestroy", "CommentCreate", "AlbumRoleChangeMember", "AlbumShowOnWeb", "PageModify", "PageChangeEditorChoice", "AlbumShow", "AlbumRoleChangeBan", "AlbumItemRemove", "PageDestroy" ] } ["flickr-2899828901","flickr-2695069516","flickr-2392024118","flickr-2357417893","flickr-2194801672","flickr-334582712","flickr-387832949","flickr-115798752","flickr-115798747","flickr-115798724","flickr-101220869","flickr-101220514","flickr-101220371","flickr-101220272","flickr-101220053","flickr-101219626","flickr-101219553","flickr-101219414","flickr-127518477","flickr-127518427","flickr-101219302","flickr-101219206","flickr-250245402","flickr-250206004","flickr-18097878","flickr-101207995","flickr-289503158"] { "country": { "CN": 2, "FR": 4, "US": 6 }, "history_day": { "2009-09-02": 4, "2009-10-14": 1, "2009-10-15": 1, "2009-10-21": 1, "2009-10-24": 1, "2009-10-26": 1, "2009-11-02": 1 }} default