Supersized cowboys: Sumo wrestlers shake up the Rodeo, browse Pinto Ranch & prepare for rare U.S. match - 2012-Mar-08 - CultureMap Houston: ""Y'all do spurs in Mongolia?" Pinto Ranch owner Walter Pye asked Byamba, walking the celebrated sumo wrestler to a large display in the store's luxury tack section.
The Mongolian-born world champion shook his head, replying "No, not really" through a translator who will be joining Byamba and three other sumo wrestlers on a tour of Houston before a sumo demonstration at the black-tie Men of Menil dinner at the Menil Collection's Richmond Hall on Thursday.
While Pye talked spurs, sumo wrestler Yama — who, at nearly 600 pounds, is a revered athlete as well as Japan's largest living citizen on record — wanders towards the cowboy boots, picking up a hand-embroidered pair selling for nearly $1300 before getting ushered to the cowboy hats for a special fitting."
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