Sumo wrestlers attempt to make babies CRY during ancient Japanese festival believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good health. | Sunrise

Japan’s traditional “Naki Sumo” or Crying Sumo ritual believed to bring infants good health has returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic. Pairs of toddlers wearing ceremonial sumo aprons are held up by Sumo wrestlers as they face each other in the Sumo Rings. Staffs wearing the “Oni” demon masks try to make the babies cry, with the first to bawl being declared the winner by a Sumo referee in an elaborate traditional costume holding a wooden fan to signal victory. In Japan, it