綱つな打うち式しき

noun

tsuna-making ceremony

A sumo ceremony in which the yokozuna's ceremonial rope (tsuna) is made.

See also: 綱 (つな)

• 横よこ綱づなの綱つな打うち式しきは、土ど俵ひょう入いりの前まえに行おこなわれる伝でん統とう的てきな儀ぎ式しきです。

  The yokozuna's tsuna-making ceremony is a traditional ritual performed before the ring-entering ceremony.