This celebration is dating back to 1620 to commemorate Catholic feast of Corpus Christi to praise the belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Many other metropolitans have spectacular processions and a variety of other popular means of rejoicing and enjoying themselves, but there is only one Baby Jumping Festival that take place in Castillo de Murcia near Burgos.
Anyone who has an infant conjoining to their clan welcome to bring them along to this festival.During the spectacle, called the "devil's jump" men dressed as devils jump over babies that were born during the previous twelve months while they lie on mattresses in the street.
The roots of this established practice are unnoted. It supposed to purify the newborns from immoral action and safeguard the transition
through life and protect from ill health and vile morale.
Not long ago, Pope Benedict called for Spanish priests to separate themselves from this festival and to de-emphasize its association with Catholic Church. Christening by water and not by leaping over necessary for baptizing.
At the end of the day, this Spanish folklore seems to be a great fun even if it can be at times a little scary to watch.
Anyone who has not reaped this guardianship in their childhood can in their adulthood to participate in jumping through fire on midsummer night in the Basque village of Arizkun.The idea is to scare off monsters and evil spirits and encourage fertility.
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