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Photo essay on Yokozuna Akebono's retirement ceremony held on Sept. 29, 2001.
Last modified:
May 15, 2004
Story and photos by Philbert Ono
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| A sumo hairdresser demonstrates how the topknot is made. By coincidence, lending his hair is Asashoryu, a Mongolian who later became the second foreign yokozuna. |
After Akebono's dohyo-iri, they filled the time with a hairdressing demo and sumo jinku.
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| They are singing sumo jinku, a chant-like song about sumo and sumo wrestlers. They are singing about Akebono, led by Daiki at the center. |
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