Pictured: Japan's 'crying baby sumo' festival returns for first time since pandemic Staff wearing demon masks try to make the babies cry, with the first to bawl declared the winner ...

What's Trending: Crying sumo baby competition. Updated: Apr. 29, 2024 at 4:00 AM HST. An annual sumo event was held over the weekend in Tokyo. It featured about 100 competitors ...

Nakizumo is an annual contest to make babies cry at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo.. Two amateur sumo wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry. The winner ...

Amateur sumo wrestlers hold babies during Nakizumo or a baby-crying sumo contest, where two wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and determine the ...

Sumo wrestlers hold children during the Naki Sumo Crying Baby Contest in Tokyo, Japan, on April 28, 2024. Naki Sumo is a traditional ceremony performed as a prayer for healthy growth.(Photo: Xinhua) ...

Children held by their parents start their “Baby-cry Sumo” match at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo. Photo: AFP “But in Japan, we believe babies who cry powerfully also grow up healthily.

In Pics: Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival Returns To Japan For First Time Since Pandemic A 400-year-old folk contest that pits crying infants against one another in an effort to bring good fortune ...

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. Step ...

Babies cry while held up by amateur sumo wrestlers during Nakizumo or a baby-crying sumo contest, where two wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and ...

Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced 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. Pairs ...