Procession through Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain, at the yearly fiesta del Colacho.

Several times a day during the Fiesta del Coalcho, the Christian brotherhood in charge of the festivities walk through the streets of Castrillo de Murcia, in Burgos province, Spain. In front of them walk El Coalcho, the devil incarnate, banging his large castanets to symbolically disturb the Christian ceremonies. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.

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Several times a day during the Fiesta del Coalcho, the Christian brotherhood in charge of the festivities walk through the streets of Castrillo de Murcia, in Burgos province, Spain. In front of them walk El Coalcho, the devil incarnate, banging his large castanets to symbolically disturb the Christian ceremonies. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi.