People looking to buy property in Spain can get a real flavour for its heritage and culture when the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi is celebrated across the country in June.

According to What’s On When, one of the more famous – and unusual – highlights of the annual celebrations takes place in Castrillo de Murcia.

El Colacho, as it is known, sees a man dressed as the Devil jumping over a line of babies.

The origins of the ceremony have been lost to the mists of time, but the site says that it is traditionally believed that the Devil incarnate jumping over the infants carries away evil.

On the Sunday of the Corpus Christi festival, the Santisimo Sacramento de Minerva, the brotherhood that organises the town’s celebrations, chase "anybody and everybody" through the streets at different times of the day.

For anyone thinking about investing in property in Spain, Castrillo de Murica’s ceremony is a fine example the country’s cultural mix of religion and folklore.

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