Japan’s ‘crying baby sumo’ festival returns for first time since pandemic

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Japan’s ‘crying baby sumo’ festival returns for first time since pandemic
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Staff wearing demon masks try to make competing babies cry, with the first to bawl declared the winner in a centuries-old tradition

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.

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.

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