June 17 (UPI) --A Spanish village is preparing for one of its most unusual celebrations of the year: El Salto del Colacho, also known internationally as the "Baby-Jumping Festival." The celebration of ...

In Spain, there's a festival called El Colacho, also known as "The Baby Jumping Festival." It's unlike any other celebration you've seen before, and remarkably, the festival attracts millions of ...

Every year in Burgos, Spain, locals and tourists celebrate a truly unique festival that’s been going on since the early 1600s. Called El Colacho, this religious event culminates in a finale of baby ...

Spain’s centuries-old festival El Colacho features a shocking ritual where costumed performers leap over infants, blending tradition, religion, and spectacle in one of the world’s most unusual ...

Each June, the tranquil hamlet of Castrillo de Murcia in northern Spain’s Cantabrian Mountains transforms into the stage for one of Europe’s strangest yet most enduring festivals, El Colacho, or “The ...

It's not every day you see a man dressed as the devil leaping over lines of tiny babies - but it is every year in a small Spanish town. El Colacho, or baby jumping, is a traditional Spanish practice ...

CASTRILLO DE MURCIA, Spain (RNS) The sight of a grown man dressed as a fiend leaping over the helpless babies might strike panic in the heart of some parents. But locals say the only injuries are to ...

Spain’s baby jumping festival has taken place in the small village of Castrillo de Murcia in the country’s north. Every June, men dressed as devils leap over newborn babies to drive away evil, part of ...

El Colacho is a vibrant, albeit Pope-worrying festival in Castrillo de Murcia in north-west Spain, the culmination of 96 hours celebration following the feast of Corpus Christi. A man representing the ...

Parents will have their hearts in their mouths when allowing their children to take part in this celebration of good triumphing over evil. This is the 'El Colacho' in Spain - the baby jumping festival ...

The Spanish town of Castrillo de Murcia doesn't need running bulls or even booze to have fun. Just give them some mattresses, a bunch of babies and a handful of fun-loving guys -- dressed up like ...

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