RE: basho or tournament

["Pardoe, Richard (PRDR)" <PRDR@chevron.com>]

The recent Vancouver event was called _Ozumo Canada Koen_ where koen is
"performance".

I vaguely remember that the San Jose event was called a tournament also,
but memory is the first thing to go, so I could be wrong.

Gochisozan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Anne Doggett [SMTP:adoggett@pa.ausom.net.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 06, 1998 1:36
> To:	Sumo ML
> Subject:	basho or tournament
> 
> Frederik Verschueren asked
> >Does anyone know where the basho outside Japan took place  ?
> >In know some cities : Paris : '95, London, Australia : '97,
> >Vancouver : '98.
> 
> I asked my Japanese friend who knows alot about Sumo about this, but
> she
> told me that there have been no bashos outside Japan. According to
> her,
> basho is the official term for the 6 official yearly contests held in
> Japan. Any other contest can be described by the English word
> tournament.
> I know this is not what Frederik meant but I'm interested in the
> terminology myself so I am wondering if my friend is correct.   During
> the
> Australian tour the term tournament was used on the program rather
> than
> basho.  The word basho literally means "place".  Maybe someone can
> help
> clarify.
> Anne
>