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Are you a sumo fan? Does the rich tradition and uniqueness of the sport impress you? I'm a casual fan myself, but I bet most people don't know that women are forbidden from entering the dohyo (ring) because of Shinto practices. Basically, a women touching the ring would ruin the purity of it.
This has caused some controversy in the past because it is usually a city official's job to present a championship award to the winner at each tournament. Well, what if that city official was female? There was a time in the 2000s when the mayor of Osaka was a woman and she was forbidden each time from stepping onto the dohyo to present the award. She was forced to do it off to the side of the dohyo instead.
There have also been incidents in the past where women have stormed onto the dohyo in protest, only to be tackled and dragged off by security.
Well, just the other day, the controversy reached new heights. During a regional exhibition, a city official collapsed on the dohyo in an heart attack. When female health workers rushed onto the dohyo to help save him, the venue announcer told them to cease and leave immediately. They were then scolded and pulled out by a female police officer.
Here is the footage of this incident that is making all the uproar right now.
I'm not saying that tradition is bad, but it can be really stupid sometimes.
This has caused some controversy in the past because it is usually a city official's job to present a championship award to the winner at each tournament. Well, what if that city official was female? There was a time in the 2000s when the mayor of Osaka was a woman and she was forbidden each time from stepping onto the dohyo to present the award. She was forced to do it off to the side of the dohyo instead.
There have also been incidents in the past where women have stormed onto the dohyo in protest, only to be tackled and dragged off by security.
Well, just the other day, the controversy reached new heights. During a regional exhibition, a city official collapsed on the dohyo in an heart attack. When female health workers rushed onto the dohyo to help save him, the venue announcer told them to cease and leave immediately. They were then scolded and pulled out by a female police officer.
Here is the footage of this incident that is making all the uproar right now.
I'm not saying that tradition is bad, but it can be really stupid sometimes.