A total of 64 babies participated in the ritual in Tokyo. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced off on 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. The “crying sumo” is held at shrines and temples nationwide, to the delight of parents and onlookers.
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