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Israel Lopez / AP
A man dressed up as the devil jumps over babies lying on a mattress in the street during 'El Colacho', the 'baby jumping festival' on June 26, in the village of Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos, Spain. Baby jumping is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620 that takes place annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. During the act - known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil's jump) or simply "El Colacho" men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) jump the babies to take the evil from those born the last twelve months of the year as they lie on mattresses in the street.
Apparently several mattresses line a street for the Colacho to jump. I think if I were to let my child take part in this, I'd want him on the first mattress to make sure the Colacho wasn't too tired to clear the hurdle!
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And if you fall, you kill them. You stupid f**ks.
Isn't the last twelve months of the year, the same as the first twelve? What other months are there? And I would bet at least one of these babes will still grow up to do something evil..
Exactly, or better phrased "Babies born in the past year", and chances are, if they survive this, they will go through terrible twos and do something evil.
What a bunch of @!$%#ing IDIOTS!
look. I'm all for respecting other cultures but this is a bit much. These people know damn good and well this is not cool! Hope that crap doesent make it to the states or were in some deep sh@#!!lol