El Colacho has seen grown men leap over newborn babies in celebration of the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi since 1620. Donning scary, vaguely Elvis-like costumes and wielding whips and truncheons, the men attempt to cleanse the babies of evil. Strangely enough, leaping over them is believed to be the best way to achieve this.
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*OTHER POPULAR FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD* January: *Chinese New Year* – Hong Kong, China February: *Rio Carnival* – Rio de Janiero, Brazil March: *St Patrick’s Day Parade* – Dublin, Ireland May: *White Nights Festival *– St Petersburg, Russia June: *Rathra Yathra Chariot Festival* – Puri, India July: *Running with the Bulls - *Pamplona, Spain August: *Edinburgh Military Tattoo* – Edinburgh Castle, Scotland September: *Oktoberfest *- Munich, Germany October: *Halloween* - Transylvania, Romania December:*Hogmanay - *Edinburgh, Scotland