A Spanish festival or celebration, particularly one in Confreda, Spain, where a religious statue is covered in living snakes in an annual ritual.
From Spanish 'cocullo,' of uncertain origin, possibly related to a local place name or indigenous language. The festival is documented back to at least the 18th century.
The Fiesta de la Cocullo is one of Earth's weirdest festivals—people drape live snakes over a saint statue because, apparently, this cures snakebites. No one's exactly sure why it started.
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