This activity has been held since 20 1 1. These babies brought by their parents and grandparents will be taken to the altar of Shinto for a ceremony, and then carried into the "earth table" in pairs. Japanese believe that if a sumo wrestler can make his child cry, then the child can grow up healthily.
However, most babies cry before they see their opponents. Sumo wrestlers and crying babies participate in the traditional "crying baby" competition. On April 28th this year, in Tokyo, Japan, 160 babies born in 20 18 took part in the traditional "baby crying" sumo competition, which was considered to promote the healthy growth of babies.
Parents of a baby said that they "felt a little sad" when they first saw the baby cry, but when they watched the baby cry, they also prayed that he would grow up healthily and strongly after the ceremony. The "Baby-friendly" sumo competition was held in Kameyamiya, Sagamihara, western Tokyo. It is reported that this competition is about "Who cries louder". In the competition, two sumo wrestlers each held a baby about 1 year old. The referee made the baby cry by shouting, and the baby who cried the loudest won.
To put it simply, this festival is to make people cry the baby in their arms, and which baby cries loudly means winning. In the competition, two giant sumo wrestlers hold a baby wearing a small sumo belt and a Chinese-style corset into the "surface" of the sumo venue, and then they will try their best to make the baby cry.