Posted on 05/14/2017 10:29:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
More than 100 Japanese babies faced off Sunday (May 14) in a traditional "crying sumo" ring, an annual ceremony believed to bring infants good health.
In the sumo ring at the precinct of the Kamegaike Hachimangu shrine in Sagamihara west of Tokyo, two hulking wrestlers held up toddlers wearing tiny sumo belts and aprons to try to make them bawl.
Wrestlers sometimes shake the babies gently to encourage tears.
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No wonder their land is rotting into the sea.
Wonder if there’s an age limit on big babies? If not, someone should enter a bawling Democrat to get the prize and title for crying senselessly when in no danger. First, longest, and loudest...with a nasal whine. Could be Grand Champion!
Reminds me of my last flight to Berlin.
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