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Originally posted by warch
But see... How do you get from the body of Christ to hoppin' Colachos. (hmm sounds kinda tasty)
What older belief and ritual merged with Christianity to give us this behavior? That would be the interesting thing to know- like protecting babies with coral, protective eye charms or tiger hats.
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Thats a really good question. In the States, as far as I know, we generally link Corpus Christi with First Holy Communion, so its not a baby event. I don't recall ever participating in the big ceremony before with the parading about with the monstrance etc... must be a big urban parish thing or maybe a pre-Vatican II deal thats making a comeback. The jumping may not even be that ancient, occuring in Spain, it could be a little Islamic cross-pollination, but I'm just speculating and Spain is quite a cultural crossroads.