InHisLove726 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) [img]http://www.coolthingsinrandomplaces.com/colacho.jpg[/img] Apparently this is a custom in Spain? [quote]1620 Castrillo de Murcia has celebrated Corpus Christi with a bizarre event that sees grown men dressed as the Devil leaping over helpless babies, an act that is known as El Colacho.The Catholic festival of Corpus Christi is celebrated all over Spain with processions, mystery plays and a wide variety of popular celebrations, but this one has to be the strangest. It is believed that as the incarnate devils jump they take all their evil with them and the children are cleansed.[/quote] Edited June 16, 2009 by InHisLove726 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicCid Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 At first glance, I thought that was Elvis jumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Wow! That is very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I didn't know Lucifer was such a snappy dresser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHisLove726 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='CatholicCid' post='1892192' date='Jun 15 2009, 11:26 PM']At first glance, I thought that was Elvis jumping.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 that little baby in pink on the end is really cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHisLove726 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1892268' date='Jun 16 2009, 12:04 AM']Wow! That is very strange.[/quote] I know, right?!??!? I would NEVER let my baby be jumped over. If you look at the foot to the right, it looks like it's WAY too close to coming down on one of them. [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' post='1892367' date='Jun 16 2009, 12:55 AM']I didn't know Lucifer was such a snappy dresser.[/quote] Me either! Perhaps he indulged on his wardrobe for the occasion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OraProMe Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Yeah, I would never ever let my baby be subjected to that. I'm sure in it's long tradition a guy must have tripped just once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 superstition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoTeckam Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Hahaha. The looks on the spectators faces makes me think this jump as gone awry in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 this is superstition, which is clearly condemned by the Church. Many of the "traditions" in my culture are remnants of the "religion" of the past. I'm Spanish, and so, this bizarre event does not suprise me. Down here in central Texas, which has a heavy population of Mexicans and those with Spanish roots, the priests are constantly reminding them that their "traditions" which include going to "medicine women" known as "cundaderas," using an egg to "ward off a fever" and placing a bowl of water under one's bed to stop bad dreams, are all acts which open the door to evil spirits. These practices, although I have seen many of them practiced by the most devoted Catholics down here, are sinful acts of superstition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' post='1892367' date='Jun 15 2009, 11:55 PM']I didn't know Lucifer was such a snappy dresser.[/quote] I actually, literally laughed out loud at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHisLove726 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='prose' post='1892948' date='Jun 16 2009, 09:55 AM']I actually, literally laughed out loud at this. [/quote] LOL, so did I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='dominicansoul' post='1892935' date='Jun 16 2009, 08:13 AM']this is superstition, which is clearly condemned by the Church. Many of the "traditions" in my culture are remnants of the "religion" of the past. I'm Spanish, and so, this bizarre event does not suprise me. Down here in central Texas, which has a heavy population of Mexicans and those with Spanish roots, the priests are constantly reminding them that their "traditions" which include going to "medicine women" known as "cundaderas," using an egg to "ward off a fever" and placing a bowl of water under one's bed to stop bad dreams, are all acts which open the door to evil spirits. These practices, although I have seen many of them practiced by the most devoted Catholics down here, are sinful acts of superstition...[/quote] Don't forget the little charms of crutches and arms and legs nailed all over the church doors. That really weirded me out the first time I went to Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1893730' date='Jun 16 2009, 08:53 PM']Don't forget the little charms of crutches and arms and legs nailed all over the church doors. That really weirded me out the first time I went to Mexico.[/quote] That's not a superstition; those are ex-votos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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