Surprisingly, "Sumo" wrestling has been continued since 110 year. It is supposed to show the health and strongness of men to the god. Therefore, there is a lot of strict manners, such as the wrestlers are not allowed to put on anything but "Mawashi", which is kind of shorts made by the silk. The wrestlers slap their belly before entering the ring and toss salt around a ring.
Nowadays, there are many non-Japanese wrestlers, such as Mongolian, Russian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Estonian, and so on. The top of the wrestlers, "Yokozuna" are 2 Mongolians now.
The difference of "Sumo" wrestling can be the style of fight. They normaly push and it doens't take long to finish, so people tend to get excited in the short time, only one or 2 minutes. I guess it's one of
the reason why all people love "Sumo".
When you go to see "Sumo", you can be shocked to see that many drunk Japanese people shouting and the wrestlers are fighting in such a small ring.
