30K views · 70 reactions | Sumo wrestlers attempt to make babies CRY during ancient Japanese festival believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good health. | Sunrise | Facebook

4.1K views · 14 reactions | 64 babies, sumo aprons, demon masks, and lots of crying - what could be more Japanese than a ‘crying sumo ritual? Held at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo after a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic, this traditional event brings good health to the little ones. And who knew crying was a sign of good health? #CryingSumo #TokyoTraditions #HealthyBabies | CGTNEurope | Facebook

64K views · 403 reactions | About 100 babies took part in an annual sumo festival, competing to see which baby will cry first. Sumo wrestlers rocked babies and organizers wore colourful masks of foxes and demons in an attempt to make babies cry in Tokyo’s Sensoji Temple. The traditional “Crying Sumo” event started in 1991 to wish for the health and well being of children. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/rg_-45 | ABC News | Facebook

CRYING SUMO  WATCH: Japanese babies face off in a traditional "crying sumo" ritual believed to bring the infants good health. The event returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic. | via AFP #cryingsumo #Japan #DailyTribune | Daily Tribune | Facebook

12K views · 26 reactions | Very interesting.. Families in Japan paid $140 a baby to enter the "Crying Sumo Festival" today. According to tradition, the louder the cry the better the babies grow. | Fox Carolina News | Facebook

Every year, shinto shrines throughout Japan hold the Nakizumō festival, where sumo wrestlers compete to taunt babies into crying. This year around 100 babies faced off in the most well-known festival in Tokyo. | TaiwanPlus News