It's not a joke, the Baby-jumping Colacho Festival is a real annual event celebrated all over Spain since the 1620s. It consists of grown men dressed as the Devil leaping over helpless babies.

Why do they do this? They represent the devils that, when they jump, they take all the evil with them leaving the babies clean of evil. Here is a snapshot of one of the weirdest religious traditions. 

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Mr. David M. Garens (24.166.108.218) 2008-08-15 05:42:22 This is Criminal Abuse of Children! It is incredible that it is arelligious rite in the 21th Century! Reply | Quote 0   0

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