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WORDS AMY DENNIS | PHOTO © GETTY<br />
VIEWING NOTES<br />
Are those real babies that man is<br />
jumping j p g over? Yes, , they y are, , but he’s<br />
not really y a man: the local people ppeople p in<br />
the the town of Castrillo de Murcia, , south<br />
of Bilbao, , believe that he’s<br />
El Colacho<br />
(The ( Devil) Devil) ) and and jjumping jumping p g over the<br />
nippers nippers pp saves them from original g sin.<br />
Shouldn’t someone tell their<br />
parents? p Actually, y, they y know. People<br />
p<br />
come from far and wide to off er their<br />
newborn tots. More than 90 niños<br />
(who ( must be under a year y year old) ) are<br />
brought g to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento<br />
y<br />
in in the town centre to take ppart<br />
part in the<br />
devil’s devil’s j jump p every yy year.<br />
That’s pretty p y wacky. y True, , but the<br />
event is part ppart of the town’s Corpus p<br />
Christi Christi celebrations celebrations and it’s been<br />
going g g since 1620, , so it’s a bit of an<br />
institution now.<br />
Isn’t it, , well, , a little dangerous? g<br />
It certainly y is. Last y year, , El Colacho<br />
sprained p his ankle and had to bow out<br />
of proceedings. p g But fortunately y no<br />
babies have suff ered at the<br />
hands (or ( (or should that be feet) )<br />
of the jumpers. jjumpers. p Also, , after the<br />
jumping, j p g, the babies get gget<br />
rose<br />
petals p thrown on them, , so that<br />
– – allegedly g y – makes it all better.<br />
El Salto del Colacho is held on 10 June.<br />
sasamon.burgos.es g<br />
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