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June 18, 2017 - Castrillo De Murcia, Spain - A young man from the village fits the mask of the ''colacho'' costume a representation of the devil during the fiestas of the town of Castrillo de Murcia (Burgos).., on June 18, 2017. El Colacho is a traditional festival held annually in the town of Castrillo de Murcia (Burgos, Spain). It has been held uninterruptedly since 1621. It consists of a day in which the Colacho, a grotesque character dressed in a botarga of colors and covered by a mask, is sent, in representation of the devil, to whip with a pony tail to the people of the town Who insults him. Along the way the locals raise altars of flowers so that, in its wake, the Colacho will stop and jump over the children who that year were born in Castrillo de Murcia. (Credit Image: © Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)

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Daily Round Up 19 June 2017
June 18, 2017 - Castrillo De Murcia, Spain - A young man from the village fits the mask of the ''colacho'' costume a representation of the devil during the fiestas of the town of Castrillo de Murcia (Burgos).., on June 18, 2017. El Colacho is a traditional festival held annually in the town of Castrillo de Murcia (Burgos, Spain). It has been held uninterruptedly since 1621. It consists of a day in which the Colacho, a grotesque character dressed in a botarga of colors and covered by a mask, is sent, in representation of the devil, to whip with a pony tail to the people of the town Who insults him. Along the way the locals raise altars of flowers so that, in its wake, the Colacho will stop and jump over the children who that year were born in Castrillo de Murcia. (Credit Image: © Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)