Monday, July 23, 2007

ANUAL BABY CRYING CONTEST IN JAPAN




It is said that laugher is the best medicine & no one likes crying faces & especially of babies , however Japanese parents love crying babies & infact they make the babies cry .
Can you believe this ? Making babies cry is approximately 400 years old custom practised in Japan .Every year babies under one year are taken to temple , where they are paired. The Japanese Sumo wrestlers hold babies facing each other & the priest makes the babies cry .The baby who criees first or louder is considered winner.The Japanese believe that crying babies grow faster .The baby who cries first or louder is more blessed by God with good health . Every year this baby crying contest is held in Japan & this year 84 babies participated.


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