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Undertoad · 06-10-2002, 12:14 PM

Yep, it's another MSNBC image: Carlos Esteban Estebanez jumps over six babies June 2 during El Salto del Colacho, or "the Jump of the Colacho," in the Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia. The Colacho represents a devil who takes evil away from the babies as he jumps over them. The traditional ceremony, celebrating the season of Corpus Christi, goes back to medieval times.

The question I have is: do they do it now just out of tradition, or do they still feel it has religious significance?

06-10-2002, 12:14 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/10/2002: the jump of the Colacho Yep, it's another MSNBC image: Carlos Esteban Estebanez jumps over six babies June 2 during El Salto del Colacho, or "the Jump of the Colacho," in the Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia. The Colacho represents a devil who takes evil away from the babies as he jumps over them. The traditional ceremony, celebrating the season of Corpus Christi, goes back to medieval times. The question I have is: do they do it now just out of tradition, or do they still feel it has religious significance?