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At the very last stage of dedicated sumo performance on the 9th following the Okina Dance,
baby boys under 1 year old  (after babies ceremony in the shrine) are held by sumo wrestlers,
and receive mochi and rum bud.
A baby on the left is deep in sleep… lol
Taken at Narazuhiko Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki

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