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Baby Jumping- Castrillo de Murcia  "El Colacho" is a feast which is celebrated on the Sunday following Corpus, where "Colacho" represents the devil, covered with a mask, a suit and characteristic castanet carrying a huge whips and truncheons, beating in unison with atabalero of a stick on which hangs a tail end of knighthood (Zurriaga), which is "punished" by blows. In the procession with the Blessed Sacrament, the Colacho without mask flees, hated and vanquished, and Christ jumps over the children born in the year, making them free of evil influence they then receive the blessing of the Holy spirit.  The local brotherhood of Santísimo Sacramento de Minerva - also chase and terrorise anybody and everybody in the town at regular intervals throughout the day.
The celebrations continue for a few days but the most important day is the Sunday following Corpus Christi. Burgos Castilla y León
Oficina de turismo: Plaza Alonso Martínez, 7 - 09003 Burgos (Burgos)
Tel. +34 947203125 website Castilla y León
Oficina de turismo:
Calle Acera de Recoletos, s/n (Pabellón de Cristal) - 47004 Valladolid (Valladolid)
Tel. +34 983219310websiteThe Thursday dates until 2022 are:
11 June 2009
3 June 2010
23 June 2011
7 June 2012
30 May 2013
19 June 2014
4 June 2015
26 May 2016
15 June 2017
31 May 2018
20 June 2019
11 June 2020
3 June 2021
16 June 2022 
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