TOKYO: Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced off Saturday (Apr 22) in a traditional 'crying sumo' ritual believed to bring the infants good health, which returned for the first time in four years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Pairs of toddlers wearing ceremonial sumo aprons were held up by their parents a
TOKYO: 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 COVID-19 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 baby sumo" ritual returned to Sensoji Temple for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The"crying sumo" is held at shrines and temples nationwide, to the delight of parents and onlookers.
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