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Video: Sumo champs perform New Year ritual

The wrestlers are paying their respects to Shinto gods and praying for good luck in their bouts

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(AP)
(AP)

Two of Japan’s sumo champions perform an annual ritual at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. With the first tournament just five days away, the sumo wrestlers are paying their respects to Shinto gods and praying for good luck in their bouts.

By Associated Press


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