Monday, August 11, 2014

El Colacho



Please don't be surprised by looking at this picture. This is the real one not just acting. The man that wears yellow and red suit jump up all those adorable babies. This is what they called ' Baby Jumping Festival' or known as El Calacho. This festival just held at Spain. 

This is a traditional festival at Spain since 1620 to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in the village of Castrillo de Murcia near Burgos. 




There is a man wear the devil costume or known as El Salto del Colacho or simply as El Colacho. El Colacho is a devil jump over the babies born during the previous twelve months of the year that lie on the mattress. 

Before that, this festival do not have specific date. This year the festival held on Thursday 19 June but El Calacho festives on the following Sunday. The man that jump over the babies is to cleanse the infants of original sin and protect them from the spirit of evil.

But no babies were harmed, although there have controversial lax of safety precautions because the man can fell on the babies during he is jumping. Regarding of national crime pastime, so this kind of festival is not the strangest ceremony.