9. El Colacho : Baby Jumping Festival of Burgos, Spain
Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos, Spain
June 22nd 2014
This one-day event features men dressed up as devils clad in yellow and red. They perform a ritual where they jump over the babies in the crowd. It is believed that when these “devils” jump over the babies, any evil around the baby will leave and be tricked into following the ‘devils.’
