In Tokyo, the traditional Festival of crying children, writes The Daily Mail. The event was attended by more than 80 kids.As part of this festival is a competition involving sumo wrestlers, was holding small children.
Sumoists children go to the judges in pairs and stand up opposite each other.The sense of competition is that as soon as possible to make a baby cry. Anyone whose child begins to cry the first to be declared the winner of a pair. If the children wept at the same time, then the winner is the child who was crying louder than his opponent. In the event that a child can not bring to tears, the judge puts a terrible event mask and starts to tease the baby.
Festival of crying children being in Japan for 400 years. During the competition, trying to raise the child as possible - is considered,
that the child's crying can scare off evil spirits. In addition, Japanese parents believe that participation in the festival crying helps kids grow up healthy.
A Festival Crying Children in Japan
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