Japan’s Baby Crying contest

Naki Sumo, or the Baby Crying Festival is a contest in Japan where sumo wrestlers hold a baby to see whose infant will cry first. The baby to cry loudest and longest wins the contest. A Japanese proverb says that 'crying babies grow fast'. So they believe that the louder an infant wails, the more gods have blessed it. The competition is thus intended to generate good health for the babies.

TOKYO - APRIL 28: Sumo wrestling students hold babies as they try to make them cry during the Crying Sumo competition at Sensoji Temple on April 28, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The first baby to cry wins ... more 
TOKYO - APRIL 28: Sumo wrestling students hold babies as they try to make them cry during the Crying Sumo competition at Sensoji Temple on April 28, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The first baby to cry wins the competition. The ceremony takes place in Japan to wish for the good health of the child as it is said that crying is good for the health of babies. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images) less 
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