April 30th, 2007 by James
On Saturday, the annual “Baby-cry Sumo” contest was held at Sensoji temple in Tokyo. In the event, which is thought to bring good health, Japanese babies face off against each other in matches to see who can cry the loudest.
More photos from the event can been seen here and here.
I feel bad for the kids being subjected to that. I wonder how many of them get nightmares from strange, large men picking them up and trying to make them cry…
Arggg…must not…make … baby-eating jokes…
What a strange contest
Babies won’t sleep well
OMG this is so funny, but i don like the idea to make babies cry, they must be frightened….
That is hilarious!! (First time I’ve ever heard of it too!)
ha ha ha …
My son might fair well
Yeah… seems a little sadistic.
itz nice but , itz not meant for kids / babies … Atleast babies should not fight
The baby in the yellow hat looks more confused than upset.
He’s like “dood the bewbies don’t work!”