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In celebration of the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi, grown men dressed as the devil leap over newborns, with full parental consent. Donning scary costumes and wielding whips and truncheons, the men attempt to "cleanse" the babies of all evil.
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Man... I don't understand a lot of thngs that the humans do!
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Hi Bobbie. This is the first time I've heard of this. Oh my, what if the leaping man has an accident and falls on the babies? Such a scary thought that I hope would never happen. I also don't understand the risk that parents subject their children into.
ReplyDeleteOh my, this is a scary tradition. I would not want my baby to be leaped over by a jumping devil, Yikes!
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YIKES! No wonder those babies are crying. I don't understand that either.
ReplyDeleteWow. Never heard of that one.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Mexico or someplace like that? They do that wierd Day of the Dead at Halloween too.
ReplyDeleteGosh - that is insane
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