While rose petals are scattered over them, infants are blessed at the Fiesta del Colacho in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos, Spain

After the devil incarnate, El Colacho, on the last day of the Fiesta del Colacho, has jumped over the babies born during the year, the priest holds up the monstrance containing the host while young girls scatter petals over the infants, in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.

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After the devil incarnate, El Colacho, on the last day of the Fiesta del Colacho, has jumped over the babies born during the year, the priest holds up the monstrance containing the host while young girls scatter petals over the infants, in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.