An unidentified baby, held by a college sumo wrester, cries during Naki Sumo, or Crying Baby Contest, as a judge looks on at Sensoji temple in Tokyo Monday
This may not seem out of place in a country in which you can play video games on a toilet and the national tourism ambassador is… Hello Kitty, but Japan has a crying baby competition, and it’s a little weird.
The “Naki Sumo,” contest consists of two sumo wrestlers holding up children who were born in the previous year, standing across a sumo wrestling ring from each other and trying to make their opponent’s baby cry.
The event, which has been held annually for over 400 years, is meant as a prayer for the children’s healthy growth.
And if the babies don’t cry? The referee puts on a mask to scare them.
its ridiculous
Wetin man no go see for dis world,datz wetin naija guys go do for Libya wen dey go competition were dem go pollute air,Gen gadhafi come deport dem shap shap.