The Nakizumo crying baby festival in Tokyo

[Piling]

Some customs are very strange…

Japanese parents bring their children to the Sensoji Temple to let novice sumo wrestlers goad their children into crying. The seemingly cruel rite is performed in the belief that their cries will result in them living a long and healthy life

7 pictures : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery ... 95&index=0

[Anthea]

Some customs are very strange…

Japanese parents bring their children to the Sensoji Temple to let novice sumo wrestlers goad their children into crying. The seemingly cruel rite is performed in the belief that their cries will result in them living a long and healthy life

7 pictures : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery ... 95&index=0

Never heard of it before

Really odd, but in the video it says they have been doing it for 400 years so I doubt they will stop

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