Maybe the residents of Burgos, Spain are used to a man representing the devil leaping over their babies, but we're a little confused. We've learned that during the festival of El Colacho on June 10, this happens to represent the devil taking away original sin from the newly born babies. It's a tradition since the 1600s, and the photos are both interesting and hard to look at. [YCPics]
Crazy Photos From The El Colacho Festival 2012
An interesting tradition with alarming photos.
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