Sumo wrestlers prepare for ex-champ Chiyonofuji's 60th-birthday rite

Professional sumo wrestlers weave a red decorative rope at the Kokonoe stable in Tokyo on May 28, 2015, to be worn by stablemaster Kokonoe, formerly yokozuna Chiyonofuji, at his 60th-birthday "dohyo-iri" ring-entering ritual three days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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