#colacho

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Baby jumping.

[chimeride]

Colacho, 186th Known One.

“An armless, hairy creature with goat horns and eagle-like beak and claws that lives on trees, dropping on its victims from above. Whoever hears their repulsive call assumes it is their loved ones calling, and clothing woven from its fur can turn the wearer invisible”, @bugcthulhu (source)

“During the act, known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil jump) or simply El Colacho, men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) in red and yellow suits jump over babies born during the previous twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street. The "devils" hold whips and oversized castanets as they jump over the infant children.“ - Wikipedia

Suggestion by @abominationimperatrix.

[allanandresch]

Llego la Navidad 2018 🎄🎁 🎅..!! Feliz Navidad A Todos! #FelizNavidad #Santa #Colacho #2018 #regalos (at America/Costa_Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrzJUzQlGYI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tg943dwhmlal

[marlazakai]

procesos cosmicxs

[stupendousunknownstrawberry]

Niebezpieczna hiszpańska tradycja. Skaczą nad głowami dzieci!

Niebezpieczna hiszpańska tradycja. Skaczą nad głowami dzieci!

El Salto del Colacho to lokalna hiszpańska tradycja praktykowana w Castrillo de Murcia od 1621 roku. Co roku w Boże Ciało ulicami miasta przechodzi procesja. Jej kulminacyjnym momentem są skoki przebranych za postaci diabła mężczyzn tuż nad głowami niespełna rocznych dzieci, które rodzice układają na specjalnie przygotowanych materacach. Choć widowisko może przerażać, władze miasta zapewniają, że…

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"El colacho" Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos (Spain)

The party is the Colacho , a character dressed in various bright colors and a mask , represents the devil and is dedicated to whipping a ponytail villagers who insult him .

In some parts of town where people make the trip representing the devil, standing altars with flowers and small children who were born the same year in the town to jump over them . This action represents evil and heresy , which tries to overcome the Christian people with their faith in the Eucharist.

[lioneltherobot-blog]

Colacho

I found this picture a few years back, and just this week I found it again on my hard drive. I couldn't explain it at first, but a quick trip to google informed me. This, my friends, is El Colacho, or baby jumping. Apparently this is some type of Catholic celebration for the festival of Corpus Christi. All I'm sayin' is, if my Catholic schools had held an event like this, I'd probably still be a card-carrying member. Instead, we had boring stuff, long masses, and wooden pews. 

A little bit of baby jumping could have gone a long way.