Inside Spain's Incredible Baby Ritual

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11 ай бұрын

Would you let a man dressed as a demon jump over your newborn baby? It's a 400-year-old tradition in the Spanish town of Castrillo de Murcia. But beyond the sensational headlines, what's this festival all about?
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@simonjtaylor212 11 ай бұрын

I love the part that the drunken teenagers play 😃 it's nice to see that there town respects that getting drunk with your friends at that age is just part of life!

@almudenagutierrezdelalamo2531 11 ай бұрын

Impresionante lo tuyo, soy española y nunca había sabido de esta tradición. Tu acento español,a día de hoy es perfecto. Respecto al inglés siempre me ha encantado, soy capaz de entenderlo. Muchas gracias por estos vídeos tan buenos.

@jfl0rez 11 ай бұрын

Quite possibly one of my favorite videos of yours, James. I found the festival fascinating, endearing and treated with respect. Who are we, who do not live there or have lived there, to judge what appears to be a joyous celebratory event, so joyous a tradition, in fact, that it has persevered for so many years. We may not understand it fully, and there is no need for us to. No one is harmed, and it unites people, family and strangers alike, together. I revel, from afar, in their joy and tradition, and thank you for sharing some of it with us. Cheers!

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

Joyous but James wouldn't let his doughter participate... .It's not something to understand, it's like art, an answer in itself, another language in life.

@mmansovillaverde 11 ай бұрын

Con rigor y adentrándote en cómo se vive la fiesta en el pueblo. Desde Castrillo de Murcia, muchas gracias por representar con fidelidad la fiesta tal y como es.

@shinyshinythings 11 ай бұрын

What a great video! I love how your Spanish ability gives your videos an intimacy that other travel videos often lack. You’re able to get behind the “what a quaint and odd custom” to allow people to explain what it means to them. Well done.

@andreaschwartz4082 11 ай бұрын

This tradition seems to have touched you way more than any of the other things you have shown us here, obviously because of your love for your little daughter. And THAT was so moving to see! Thank you again for being so open in these videos, and for showing us Spain and your humanity!

@berg8970 11 ай бұрын

This was so fascinating. Please do more like this. I love the culture of Spain

@christinecleavest9099 11 ай бұрын

Ive heard of this tradition before but never understood why until now. Thank you for delving deep and explaining it all.

@MLCruey 11 ай бұрын

I loved this video! I got emotional watching it. Seeing the importance of the festival to the people of the village was very moving for me.

@rtvd80 11 ай бұрын

I have always enjoyed all your vlogs as to why I subscribed. But in this case I can feel your emotional struggle, the questions in your mind, the disbelief in your heart. I am not from Spain but having gone to Spain every year except during covid I have learned so much about the country, its culture & traditions, its people & history. Acceptance is the key. And to accept it is to embrace it. ❤ from California.

@albertomunoyerro5562 11 ай бұрын

In my town people with demon mask attack people with sticks and a gigant queen and king follow them and protect the child

@maureenmurphy7817 5 ай бұрын

What a perceptive observation. I felt exactly the same way. I am fascinated, after following James' work for five years now, to see him share this sort of complexity, beyond the enthusiasm of the more rookie tourist/traveler. My husband (who happened to be of Puerto Rican heritage with some influences of Spain from the culture) and I had our honeymoon in Spain, and I found it an intense place. As a "fugitive" Irish Catholic, the influences here strike me as very deep and compelling. This tradition to me is as wonderfully alien as anything the space explorers in Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" might have encountered. And this is a very localized event, even among the Spanish general populations.

@todabrilla 11 ай бұрын

Great coverage! I love seeing how the channel has evolved and keeps evolving. Keep up the good work. :)

@karenjohnson6667 11 ай бұрын

What an enjoyable video. I would love to see more videos like this celebrating the unique cultural aspects of different regions of Spain. Your perspective as an outsider looking in brings an in depth look at the importance of the tradition to the locals. Love it!

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyable and not about food this time! Aleluya!

@robertmeredith906 11 ай бұрын

Craziness but also enlightening. The sheer joy the mothers get from the ritual is amazing.

@spainrevealed 10 ай бұрын

It was incredible!

@MYTravelBF 11 ай бұрын

Another wonderful video of deep Spain, James! We love these types of videos you do about all these little, but important, cultural festivals in Spain. This is definitely a side of Spain most people don't see and certainly don't know the deeper meaning behind, which you showed eloquently. As always, can't wait for the next video!

@mizginavale22 11 ай бұрын

As always, I love the Spanish cultural traditions all over its country that continue to bring the entire community together in celebration. In Spain, a communal lifestyle is so important, with its aim to bring its citizens together in celebration and by having the inclusion of everyone, no matter their age. I am continuously moved by this and I tend to get emotional whenever I see the level of dedication, costumes, music, food and joy that Spaniards exhibit when they celebrate a tradition of their past. I feel so connected living here and appreciate that I get to belong too.

@janisschwenke9233 11 ай бұрын

Yes! To all of what you wrote, Mizgina (except for the living in Spain and belonging part.) I was surprisingly moved to tears by the participants joy that James was able to capture in his engaging, informative video. And maybe I was also made emotional by the lack of this heartfelt sense of tradition and community that is lacking in my own experience. Bravo, James!

@jasonbourne9819 11 ай бұрын

Bullfighting is more fun and interesting though.

@mizginavale22 11 ай бұрын

@@jasonbourne9819 Not to me. Many Spaniards are against it as well.

@hoosomio 11 ай бұрын

@@jasonbourne9819belleza y violencia primaria único en el mundo .

@jasonbourne9819 11 ай бұрын

@@mizginavale22 should also be disgusted by endangering lives if infants.

@mistreated 11 ай бұрын

Another fantastic video essay about Spain. Beautiful and important work you’re doing, Jamie. Thanks for showing the world that Spain in much more than; tapas, beaches and wine. Cheers!

@calicardi 11 ай бұрын

In my mother's hometown in El Salvador, there are "talciguines" or "hombres endiablados" who come out during semana santa and do something similar, whipping people and symbolizing evil (but not jumping over babies). Interesting history about this small Spanish pueblo!

@MaartenSFS 11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate these documentaries. Some of your best work yet! I hope these traditions last another four hundred years!

@eimere 11 ай бұрын

James, Yoli. Para el año que viene tenéis que ir a la Axeri Dantza (baile del zorro) en las fiestas de San Juan en Hernani, un pueblo al lado de Donosti. Os va a encantar.

@patriciarobertson-hl3kw 11 ай бұрын

You did such a wonderful job of narrating the wonderful video. I really like how you explained and questioned the celebration, all at the same time. Thank you for a job well done informing this American, recently married to a Spaniard, living in Moraira. I'm a new fan/follower!

@incogb6696 11 ай бұрын

CHILD ABUSE

@hoosomio 11 ай бұрын

you are 😂litter fool

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

@@incogb6696 Are you crazy? When is the child abused in this cerimony?

@incogb6696 11 ай бұрын

@@felikesmeerssen3263 hahahaha

@Outspoken.Humanist 11 ай бұрын

As an active atheist, I am certain the notion of there being evil in babies which needs driving out is horrible nonsense but I am equally certain that we are diminished if we lose our traditions. Whilst the religious side of this festival is, in my personal view, misguided, none of us know everything and we should avoid the pretence that out biases are facts. If such tradition helps to hold a community together, I support it 100%. Thanks James for one of your very best. You changed my ignorant outsider's view of an event by educating me.

@jsgirald 11 ай бұрын

Top comment, you don't have like it or agree with this practice, but you at least show empathy and respect to the people and the culture (and zero arrogance). Excellent!

@Outspoken.Humanist 11 ай бұрын

@@jsgirald Thank you for your kindness

@spainrevealed 10 ай бұрын

Exactly. I don't like many of the things that the Catholic Church stands for, but also I'm conscious to respect others' opinions, as long as they're not spewing hate, or hurting others.

@BibtheBoulder 11 ай бұрын

This typifies why I love visiting Spain. Their history and culture is fascinating. I particularly enjoy the Catalonia area...such a unique area....

@apetass123 11 ай бұрын

This was interesting and WILD, but I had to look it up: "The festival has been taking place since around the 1600s. In all that time, no deaths or injuries have ever been reported." *exhales*

@Kanukosan 11 ай бұрын

Spain is such an interesting country! Que viva España!

@bowiefb 11 ай бұрын

James, your narration is fantastic. what a joy to experience this. Incredible that this partly christian partly pagan ritual survived the 1400-1600s! (the Cathars of France were not that lucky). I suppose the diminutive population allowed them to go on! wonderful story.

@bryankenney3421 11 ай бұрын

Happy that you put out a new video, James. I've already watched every single video you've ever put out. Some of them I've watched 2-3 times over. You've got me hooked, James.

@tube7673 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video and good to see the traditions being passed down. This is what Spain Revealed is all about…..Welcome back! 👍🏽👍🏽

@FurrKnight 11 ай бұрын

Now that is what I call faith, perseverance, and reverence of a tradition that has lasted ages.

@marianunez6767 11 ай бұрын

Enorabuena por este video, me ha encantado! Ha quedado genial en todos los aspectos. El video, el script, las entrevistas... y me ha parecido super emotivo.

@incogb6696 11 ай бұрын

CHILD ABUSE

@hoosomio 11 ай бұрын

@@incogb6696are you a little fool ?

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

@@incogb6696 Are you crazy???

@bkm2797 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating, this must help the community come together in a very unique way. Thanks James for taking us along.

@HomesickIberian 11 ай бұрын

I love when you do videos like this. One more thing to love about Spain 🇪🇸 ❤

@lukassp6004 11 ай бұрын

I never knew about this tradition! thank you for making this video and sharing with us! you did a great job!

@inezguzman3130 11 ай бұрын

This was great , I enjoyed it to the max. Wow, I’m processing this extraordinary festival and thinking would I put my baby on the mattress? Yes I would, because tradition dictates and this close bond with the people of the town makes the festival what it is. I am surprised that Rome put their stamp of approval being that at that time all were traditional Roman Catholics. Like I said so much to unpack here. I’ve sent this video to my family, they must see this. Thank you James ,another vlog well done, you keep your content fresh and entertaining.

@retirementbudgettravel699 11 ай бұрын

Very well done & interesting video. Thank you! We love your videos!!

@amandapinski6501 11 ай бұрын

Really great video! I enjoy your style of narration.

@vanessapakohn 11 ай бұрын

Wowwww absolutely enjoyed this video! So beautiful, entertaining and informative! Loved every min of it! Great work James! 😘😘😘 to Yoli and Luzia!

@maxlimbo007 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Well done! Gracias de Todo!

@davesaunders7080 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for featuring an interesting cultural tradition. The Colacho reminded me of another cultural tradition that in parts of Germany they have the Krampus character around Christmas. The black caped folk reminded me of the caped fado singers in Coimbra Portugal.

@caroleloomis1430 11 ай бұрын

I LOL-ed at the alien comment. It does seem pretty strange, but another thing to love about Spain.

@incogb6696 11 ай бұрын

Child abuse.

@padders1068 11 ай бұрын

James! Thanks for sharing!

@peter_bazinet 11 ай бұрын

What an amazing tradition. It means so much to them and that's what's important.

@debbiegarza1287 11 ай бұрын

You find the most interesting & perplexing festivals! I love It!

@grahamm8729 11 ай бұрын

Very informative, thank you.

@chineando8078 11 ай бұрын

Espero que te pases por Pamplona esta semana para los San Fermines!

@MrWalter2202 11 ай бұрын

Great Video! Thank you very much!

@piofernandezlopez7376 11 ай бұрын

Ya estabas tardando en mostrar nuestra cara más friki al mundo anglosajón. Yo aluciné cuando descubrí este festejo hace unos años en KZfaq. Si a algún municipio se le ocurriera organizar algo así en Madrid, intervendría hasta el GRUME de la Policía Nacional. Pero vamos, hay pueblos de Madrid donde ponen a correr a niños delante de bolas de 70 kilos rodando calle abajo, así que lo mismo tampoco pasaba nada, aunque algún bebé saliera un poco despachurrado.

@hoosomio 11 ай бұрын

Te llaman el Despachurrado!!

@WalkingSpain 11 ай бұрын

Hi! Great video again! I had no idea about this festival! There is no doubt that in Spain we are a world potential in the creation of festivals 😂

@Lacteagalaxia 11 ай бұрын

En Galicia hay una procesion religiosa ya con bastante tiempo de gente dentro de ataudes.

@TheOnlyTaps 11 ай бұрын

Great watch as always 🙏🏿

@Victoriarodenacker 11 ай бұрын

So interesting! Thank you for capturing this 😊

@kathyr.1141 11 ай бұрын

Great music, great coverage of the event. Loved hearing you speak Spanish. I felt like I was there, getting to know the townspeople and participate in the event along with you. Enhorabuena, great episode!!!

@ToothlessTemeraire 11 ай бұрын

Wow James, you are beginning to know my country better than I do. I had never even heard of this tradition before.

@emilydulcich9027 10 ай бұрын

I loved this video! Thanks for taking us to see and appreciate such a special tradition in Castrillo de Murcia

@prajjwal1010 11 ай бұрын

One after another intriguing videos, you've really successful with this channel, love you!

@gerhardkohler6825 11 ай бұрын

Great report, thanks for the interesting and inspiring video, brilliant!

@culoacido420 11 ай бұрын

he descubierto este canal a las 11 de la mañana, son las 2 y aún no he comido, este canal está lleno de videos superinteresantes y rigurosos en cuanto al contenido, 10/10

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

No hás comido!?! Mas, a grande maioria dos vídeos é sobre comida!

@_theapologist 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful video, I would absolutely sign my future child up lol

@PortageurCa 11 ай бұрын

So very cool! I too am a bit torn how to mentally resolve the religious and folklore, but see it all as a lot of fun, especially when it's so inclusive/welcoming.

@graemeroberts5730 11 ай бұрын

What a great video! Absolutely brilliant!

@pegross8652 11 ай бұрын

I initially thought this was going to be too weird of a video for me to watch. But I enjoyed it, I think because you asked good, probing questions and got to what is the essence of the festival for the locals. Well done!

@l.aposdif4855 9 ай бұрын

To all those wondering Castrillo de Murcia is not in the province of Murcia, it's in Burgos

@perrasintheghetto 9 ай бұрын

Señores, esto es verdadero periodismo. Gracias James Blick por traer este maravilloso contenido cultural al canal. Fiel seguidor desde Madrid.

@jmcg2469 11 ай бұрын

Wow! Amazing story and beautifully narrated.

@minkhs 11 ай бұрын

great video James , really informative - great to see those traditions alive

@JAZZYinDaHaus 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant coverage. I would have never known about this unless I learned about it from you. Very insightful of such an old tradition. Thank you.

@arizonawut 8 ай бұрын

One of your best videos. Why do you not have 5M followers!! This is gold brother, keep grinding!!!

@89nano 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful video, can't wait for my trip to Spain!

@lesleysmith8300 11 ай бұрын

Love the tradition and can see the fun in it. 😂

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

It's not everybody who can say he is a 'Jumped Over', it's a restricted club!

@paulvato 8 ай бұрын

Wow. Great video. Thank you for sharing it with the world.

@caralichtenfeld3956 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting video, thank you ☺️☺️

@emmarine2027 11 ай бұрын

Very good documentary man, well done. Muy bueno tu documental, felicitaciones desde 🇨🇦

@j.n.sloane 11 ай бұрын

I love this!!! Thank you so much for sharing their wonderful tradition. And can we please talk about those capes? Ohmigosh, I need to make my husband one of those capes. They are classic! Saludos desde Asturias.

@maureenmurphy7817 9 ай бұрын

These people are so ineffably elegant and fine-boned. The capes are perfect for them.

@suemahoney7330 11 ай бұрын

This was very interesting. At first I thought I would never let someone jump over my baby. I ama quite a worrier. Then I realized the jump was over the short end of the mattress. Maybe it is the gymnastics I did as a child, where we had friends line up like logs next to each other while we ran and then dove over them doing a head roll. I don't think that would be allowed now. I realized an adult can easily jump that small distance.

@adrianhughes4066 11 ай бұрын

What a fantastic insight. Great work guys

@Zengsalva 11 ай бұрын

Gotta love seeing the man say "is an event with a lot of emotion" and then start whipping people and jumping over kids, que grande

@guinaitaara5397 11 ай бұрын

Man. that kind of cultural immersion you offer to the guys who find your channel is pretty special. Of course, there is your strangeness or natural distance from a foreigner, but the approach with which you approach the theme is very cool. congratulations

@yveeriksson7437 11 ай бұрын

I was in Malaga 2017 and 2023 for the Semana Santa. Even I, who not are religious, get very emotional at these processions. The music, the crowded streets, people crying.. even I cry. So I totally understand this ritual too, but I would never have dared to put my child on one of those mattresses. Still, I love Spain with these ancient traditions.

@bryankenney3421 11 ай бұрын

Wild and surreal! But, even though I'm not religious, I can appreciate just how much this festival means to the people in the town. An emotional event obviously. I just hope the guy jumping over the babies doesn't ever have a misstep that screws up his jump. Yikes!

@jal051 11 ай бұрын

Most of those people aren't really religious either. Spain is full of catholic traditions but no one goes to church anymore.

@miked4122 11 ай бұрын

Spain meets Monty Python meets The Prisoner! Bizarre and wonderful at the same time! It's interesting that there is a serious religious motive underpinning it.

@mitcoes 11 ай бұрын

It is more tradition than religion. Most people only go to mess those days and for other traditional rituals. 10 - 20% of the population are Catholics that go to mess every week.

@ssurfday 11 ай бұрын

Great job on the video.

@michaelcollins7313 11 ай бұрын

I love your video's and have been watching for years, picking up some great tips particularly in Madrid as they have enhanced our travel experiences. However, I wouldn't normally click on any video's with negative titles (hate, worst etc) and IMO 'insane' or 'mad' aren't very helpful to describe something which is clearly a very old and interesting custom. Sorry for the critcism but felt it needed to be pointed out. Keep up the great work...

@vladimirzunic9152 11 ай бұрын

New video! Yaay!

@belajarus 11 ай бұрын

The most emotional and meaningful video I have watched on this channel, except for maybe when James has his camera stolen, that was good too…thank you!

@AndrewEvenstar 11 ай бұрын

I love this. As a Spanish American even I have never heard of this ! Andalucian! Alcalá la Real 😎

@eltenda 11 ай бұрын

Una locura! Ciso from chicago!

@SargBjornson 11 ай бұрын

This is all so unfathomably weird and uncanny for someone like me, without any religious sentiment, and belonging to a family that has NO traditions whatsoever... I feel like it's a part of Spain I'll never be able to connect with, despite being a Spaniard. I love you showing it to us, though!

@tangorsl1740 11 ай бұрын

my friend, I'm looking for a place to eat in Barcelona. I am a picky eater and don't like seafood. is there a restaurant where you can serve your own food? or like a running buffet? or maybe a place where you can buy dishes from different nations? Thank you

@user-iy7qp5vf7v 11 ай бұрын

Hola. I'm currently taking Spanish lesson to prepare for my relocation to Spain. She lives in Tokyo but she know who you and yollie were. How cool is that.

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

James, when will we see a programme about the Canary Islands (as promised some time ago)? And when wil you make a programme about the 'Tunas' the typical traditional university student groups walking in the streets and plazas making music in Spanish and Portugues cities?

@MusicShortsGlobal 11 ай бұрын

The title of this video made me click on it. It's rare to see such activities that are safe, but fun simultaneously.

@user-ml8gs9xd7f 8 ай бұрын

I saw the reverse in a malaga 3 kings festival , like in Tomatina they used large tipper lorries to disperse sweets to the children a man was stood there holding his children's hands then one decided to crawl under the wagon and the back wheels ran over his head the crowd just froze our eye's could not take it in to our brains to compute it was the worse thing I have ever seen in my life , thankfully they don't use truck's anymore.

@deenzmartin6695 11 ай бұрын

it really amazes me how spaniards throw around the word "culo." pretty funny stuff.

@DK-vn7lr 11 ай бұрын

There are so many dark traditions in Spain. It's pretty interesting

@l.aposdif4855 9 ай бұрын

Wow I'm Spanish and I had absolutely no idea this tradition existed 😮

@mla2000uk 11 ай бұрын

OMG!! I am spanish and never heard of this!!! how odd

@mitcoes 11 ай бұрын

Cada día te mejoras (y siempre lo has hecho bien), un gusto ver tus videos e historias, aunque esta en particular, no me interese mucho (A mí me gustaría más una historia que me dé envidia y quiera ir el año que viene yo por allí).

@felikesmeerssen3263 11 ай бұрын

Achei bastante interessante e como nasci em um lugar pequeno com suas próprias tradições católicas consegui 'entender' e sentir a coisa. De certa maneira me senti em casa.