Comments on: Japanese Babies Battle In Crying Sumo Competition

By: japanese battle cry

japanese battle cry — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:54:36 +0000

[...] the stand of the Korean People’s Army as regardshttp://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200803/news03/31.htmJapanese Babies Battle In Crying Sumo Competition PhotosMore than 200 babies took part in a ???crying sumo??? competition held in Japan on May 27th: Men [...]

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By: Great White Snark » Blog Archive » It’s a good week to be Japanese. Unless you’re a fan of deep-throating weiners.

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:54:20 +0000

[...] In the meantime, Japan still holds the lead in competitive Sumo baby crying. In this sport, baby-wielding contestants gently shake their infants to see how powerfully they can cry. [...]

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By: gargoyle1

gargoyle1 — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:59:46 +0000

“Help! He’s going to eat me!”

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By: James

James — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:46:21 +0000

Female babies were allowed to participate in this event:

資格：生後５ヶ月から１歳半までの赤ちゃん（性別問わず）
http://www11.plala.or.jp/cyokoji/annai/naki.html

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By: Karina

Karina — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:38:16 +0000

Were female babies allowed to take part in this?
As I can remember, Sumo observes the Shinto religion, and therefore views women as dirty, so that’s why Sumo can’t be played by women. Or so the JSA says.
(Which is why Sumo isn’t an Olympic sport. The IOC probably wouldn’t want a sport that utilises a religion that deems women as dirty to be in the Olympics.)

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