January 15, 2009

Yokozuna Entering Ceremony (Day4 Hatsu-Basho 2009 Jan)

Every day ,before Maku-Uchi starts,Both Yokozunas do entering ceremony.
We call it ,Yokozuna Dohyou(=round ring) Iri(-entering).
We have two types of ceremony,do know the differece of both Yokozuna?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

No, pls explain!

I think you have lot of readers from Estonia and we don't know much about sumo culture here. I know only basics and only because of Baruto :)

Pls update Baruto's picture as well. He is wearing Estonian national colors now ;)

Olafolken said...

Asashoryu's style is Unryu, Hakuho's is called Shiranui.

Details can be found here:

http://www.banzuke.com/05-1/msg00091.html

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