Date: Middle of June after the feast of Corpus Christi, a
Christian holiday.
Place: Small Spanish town of Castrill de Murcia near Burgos
This traditional festival is known as a dangerous festival in the
world for infants that held in the middle of June in a small Spanish town
of Castrill de Murcia near Burgos. there is another name for this festivals as
baby-jumping or devil's jump festival as part of its Corpus
Christi celebrate This Spanish traditional festivals take place
annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Coropus Christi.
A man dressed with a devil cloths in red or yellow color and jump
over infants who lie on mattresses in the street that born during
previous year ( 12 months). Meanwhile, there have been no report about
baby injuries during festivals yet but, it's considered as a riskiest
festival in the world.
The people believe with jumping the devil, the infants
will be clean of the original sin and will protected from
all disease illness, evil spirits and also will have a safe life.
This festival is the the culmination of a four-day celebration
following the feast of Corpus Christi, a Christian holiday.
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