JapaneseBabyRitual

Japan's crying baby contest

by Angie Felton, Posted Apr 30th 2008 9:01AM

I have spent entire years of my life trying to keep babies smiley and happy, but sumo wrestlers in Tokyo hold a yearly contest to make babies cry. During "crying sumo," a pair of babies is held up in the air by amateur sumo wrestlers until one ...

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