Crying Sumo

A 400 year-old Japanese festival in which sumo wrestlers lift infants in the air, and the first infant to cry is the winner.

More info: NHK World. It was also mentioned by Chuck in a 2010 column.

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 30, 2018
Category: Parades and Festivals | Asia

Comments

May want to change to “wrestlers lift infants above their head”

It sure beats dressing them up for pageants where they are supposed to not act like kids.

Posted by crc on 09/30/18 at 06:39 AM

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