About Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival
The Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival (Japanese: 泣き相撲, Hepburn: Nakisumo) is an annual Japanese festival in which sumo wrestlers in a sumo ring hold babies in their arms and attempt to make them cry, with upsetting faces and sounds. The first baby to start crying is proclaimed the winner. In Japanese folklore, strong and loud crying is seen as a sign of healthy baby growth and believed to ward off evil spirits.
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