For the first time in four years, a beautiful cry of babies was heard due to the pandemic japanese girls dressed like a sumo, a traditional custom believed to bring health.

Babies in traditional sumo aprons look at each other. Although in the safety of parental hands, the sight of people dressed as “they”, demon masks to frighten them, brings them to tears. Whichever of the two calls is the first, he will win the “battle”.

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In total, 64 babies took part in the ritual, the rules of which vary from region to region. For example, in some cases it is sumo wrestlers who hold babies and carry them in front of each other. And in some regions, the second crying child wins.

“We can judge the state of health of a child by listening to how he cries. Today she can tense up and not cry much though I want to hear her cry of healthThis was reported to AFP by the mother of an eight-month-old girl, Hise Watanabe.

🇯🇵 Dozens of crying Japanese babies met on Saturday in a traditional “crying sumo” ritual believed to bring babies good health, which has returned for the first time in four years since the pandemic.
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The “crying sumo” event is held at temples and shrines across Japan, much to the excitement of parents and passers-by.

Some might think that making babies cry is terrible, admits Shigemi Fujii, head of the Asakusa Tourism Association. “But in Japan we believe that children who cry loudly grow up healthy“, he adds.

Source: Guardian