Spanish village holds baby jump

29May2008 Filed under: wtf Author: Attu

Grown men have been leaping over rows of babies in the north Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia in an annual rite meant to ward off the Devil.

Jumpers dressed as the Colacho, a character representing the Devil, bounded over clusters of bemused infants laid out on mattresses.

Nobody appeared to get hurt in this year’s festive event.

UG
May 31st, 2008 at 04:13

I live in Spain. Murcia is in the south of the country, not the north. Traditions in the south are the ones associated with bullfights, ultra catholic ignorance and the likes… Here in the north is more a pagan sort of thing. Please correct your comment, Castrillo de Murcia is south, not north
Chuck
June 1st, 2008 at 22:01

Castrillo de Murcia is a village in Burgos!!!

Así que, UG, deja tus comentarios sobre “ultra catholic ignorance” guardados en tu teclado.

Please, don’t correct your comment, Castrillo de Murcia is north, not south