Sumo stars perform annual 'stepping of the foot' ritual
Sumo wrestlers have been paying their respects to Shinto gods in a ritual marking the beginning of the wrestling season in Japan.
The "stepping of the foot" ritual, intended to ward off evil, is performed each year by the highest-ranking sumo wrestler at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
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