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The kuro-neko fundoshi (literally "black cat fundoshi") is like the mokko-fundoshi except that the portion that passes from front to back is tailored to create a thong effect. [5] Fundoshi are not typically worn as everyday clothing. Fundoshi is mainly worn on specific, traditional occasions, particularly when participating in Hadaka Matsuri.
Some of the culturally diverse Amazonian indigenous still wear an ancestral type of loincloth. [citation needed] Until World War II, Japanese men wore a loincloth known as a fundoshi. [3] The fundoshi is a 35-centimetre-wide (14 in) piece of fabric (cotton or silk) passed between the thighs and secured to cover the genitals. [citation needed]
The kuro-neko fundoshi (literally "black cat fundoshi") is like the mokko-fundoshi except that the portion that passes from front to back is tailored to create a thong effect. Jockstrap: An undergarment designed for supporting the male genitalia during sports or other vigorous physical activity.
Additionally, they may wear a tag on the front of their mawashi that identifies them individually or the nation they are competing for, depending on the competition. Amateur sumo wrestlers are also allowed (or required, in the case of women wrestlers) to wear shorts or leotards under their mawashi while professional rikishi are not.
The kaupinam, kovanam, kaupina, langot, or lungooty is a loincloth worn by men in the Indian subcontinent as underclothing. It is still commonly worn in South Asia by pehlwans (wrestlers) while exercising or sparring in a dangal. It is basically a rectangular strip of cloth used to cover the genitals, with strings connected to the four ends of ...
A full set of formal clothing is expensive, so it is usually either borrowed from a relative or rented rather than bought especially for the occasion. Men sometimes also wear traditional dress (e.g. dark kimono with hakama), but nowadays many men wear formal Western clothes such as a suit and tie more often than the traditional hakama. [22]
In modern times, they have become popular as general casual or work wear. Modern-day Shakuhachi players, because of the instrument's historical association with Zen Buddhism, sometimes wear samue. Samue are often worn by many farmers, and home owners when performing general landscaping and gardening tasks as well.
It should be noted that fundoshi aren't often worn any more anyway. Some men do wear them under kimono/yukata, and others have created a sexual fetish around them, but these days they're worn most often at festivals. Exploding Boy 16:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC)