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Published September 28, 2008 12:19 am - Castrillo de Murcia, Spain, lacks a “running of the bulls” tradition, but since 1620, it has included in its annual El Colacho festival a “leaping over the babies.”

Weird News — Forget bulls, bring on the babies


Chuck Shepherd
News of the Weird

Castrillo de Murcia, Spain, lacks a “running of the bulls” tradition, but since 1620, it has included in its annual El Colacho festival a “leaping over the babies.” In late May, the town’s infants are laid on mattresses in the village square, and people in red-and-yellow devil costumes jump over them and keep running, to symbolize the vanquishing of demons from their lives.



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