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El Colacho: the Baby-Jumping Festival (Spain)

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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Barcelona, Spain - photo by Nigel's Europe
*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

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