Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced off Saturday in a traditional 'crying sumo' ritual believed to bring the infants good health, which returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic. ManilaBulletin
TOKYO, Japan -- Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced off Saturday in a traditional "crying sumo" ritual believed to bring the infants good health, which returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic.
Staff wearing "oni" demon masks tried to make the babies cry, with the first to bawl declared the winner by a sumo referee in an elaborate traditional uniform holding a wooden fan used to signal victory. Children held by their parents start their "Baby-cry Sumo" match, resumed for the first time in four years due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo on April 22, 2023.
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