salt-throwing ceremony before a sumo bout
A ritual performed by sumo wrestlers to purify the ring and drive away evil spirits before a match.
力士が土俵で塩撒きをする。
The sumo wrestler performs the salt-throwing ceremony in the ring.
Compound of 塩 (salt) and 撒き (throwing, scattering), from the verb 撒く (to scatter). The term is strongly associated with sumo tradition.