you enter your child in a baby jumping festival. Apparently it is an annual event in Spain and it's done to remove the evil from the babies. How crazy is this?
OMG... that is totally insane. what happens if they land on one of the babies? I cannot believe the mothers think this is normal... creepy.
DavaDay
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I've lived in Spain and I never heard of that! Must be a weird local custom in a small village or something. So weird.
MikeandJess
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this was the article:
The Baby-Jumping Colacho Festival Castrillo de Murcia, Spain: Feast of Corpus Christi (the Thursday after Trinity Sunday)
The phrase 'sleepy little town' is not appropriate for this Spanish hamlet, thanks to its strange annual summer event. In celebration of the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi, grown men dressed as the devil leap over newborns, with full parental consent. Donning scary costumes and wielding whips and truncheons, the men attempt to 'cleanse' the babies of all evil, and tradition dictates that negligently leaping over them is the best way to achieve this.
The town has observed the strange practice (called El Colacho) since 1620, though its origins remain a mystery. The brotherhood of Santissimo Sacramento de Minerva oversees the event and proceeds to terrorize not only babies, but any onlookers who seem to be in need of a quick exorcism.
What not to miss: On the Sunday following Corpus Christi, the event reaches its climax, so this is the day to come out and watch baby-jumping in all its glory.
ZKAT22
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that is crazy!!
SoontobeMrsH
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that is awful
betiboop7
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OMG that is crazy..why would a parent even agree to something like that!
Snowflake08
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Easter week is very bizarre in Spain ive been there twice for it
the men wear outfits that look like KKK robes and headgear and reenact the crucifiction of jesus with chains and all
La semana santa
jjk1007
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that is just rediculous!!
AS
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Ohhhhh my goodness. Thats insane and what if the clown steps on the kids by mistake
JeanetteandSteve
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wow i find that really disturbing.
TommysWife08
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OMG those babies look terrified!!!!
MJDoc12
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Munchkn16
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I think I'm going to go call Child Protective Services now...
madseason
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Now I know when to book that long awaited trip to Spain
