Cuddly bags of rice! Parents in Japan send baby-like rice bags for relatives to hug - see pics

Amid the pandemic people have been forced to keep their distance even from their relatives specially the elderly and children. So, parents in Japan are instead sending baby-like bags of rice with the picture of the baby for them to cuddle. See pics

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Due to COVID the elderly have been barred from meeting newborn babies, infact most relatives are avoiding sociallising in these trying times.

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Parents are sending these customised bags of rice conplete with a child’s face that also weighs the same as their newborn babies.

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These rice-filled bags — shaped like a baby and swaddled in cloth. It is aimed to create the joy of embracing a child. 

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This phenomenon of pretending to hold a ‘baby’ is increasingly finding favor among the relatives of new Japanese parents, The Independent reported.

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