Japan's 'crying baby sumo' festival returns for the first time since the pandemic | AFP

Dozens of bawling Japanese babies face off 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.

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[engineerbanaartist]

Parents in Japan believe that their babies would grow up healthy if a Sumo wrestler could make them cry. So every year in April, hundreds of babies under the age
of one are made to participate in a
Baby-Cry Sumo contest at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo.

[sushreeipsitamohapatra]

Japanese babies are soo adorable nd cute❤❤❤❤❤😍🥰😊

[ariohandoyo]

Hey guys may i comment? Hahaha, 🤣 japanese babies are cute and adorable indeed, sadly no sumos involved there, due to covid i know.😒

[Cheattoe]

Japan gets all the neat niche traditions

[vf]

That's enough internet for one day.

[ahvidaneidavirgilluminous]

Put babies onto the floor, let ‘‘em fight. I remember my matches with my neighbors, I pulled several patches of hairs outta his head

[Cablecol]

Seems very cool❣️...lol they should make the American airplane flyer who cussed and ranted about a crying baby on board (viral video) attend this festival as punishment😎💯.

[swiftyfangachagirl]

This one should be banned because babies crying all the time makes it even worse. And some parts I saw them playing peek a boo which babies love but they cry about it because of the mask like they think the mask is so scary. So is this a very good reason why this event should be banned? Yes or no