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If it does swing Sunday for Christ the King, which service?
So it will swing on Sunday 20 November 2022 at 11:40 before / in the context of the pilgrim mass at noon.Domingo 20 de noviembre – Cristo Rey. A las 11:40 h. Procesión del cabildo y Misa estacional, presidida por el Arzobispo. Funcionamiento del Botafumeiro.
No, it doesn't. Whether it is a Friday or a Holy Year, it does not swing on days or times that are not marked in the Cathedral's liturgical calendar as "Botafumeiro days" unless this is sponsored / paid for by an organisation, a group, a family or an individual.Is it swinging on Fridays for Holy Year?
If this is your first time entering SdC as a pilgrim, I’d suggest against the bus in/out idea simply to witness the botafumeiro. That happens throughout the year and while incredible, I found the experience of finally reaching the cathedral on foot to be far more moving. If you are not on a strict schedule, and can add a few extra miles per day to your schedule, perhaps you can arrive by Sunday Mass.We are currently about 3 to 4 days from Santiago. I know the botafumeiro is supposed to swing on Christ the King day (sunday) and I saw somewhere that in xaecobeo years it swings on Fridays but potentially only summer. We also had a large group tell us it is supposed to swing Saturday. I emailed the church trying to get some clarification but they only referred me to the website. I am trying to decide if we need to bus into Santiago to see the botafumeiro and then bus back and finish walking. IF anyone has any additional info, that would be great. If it does swing Sunday for Christ the King, which service? Is it swinging on Fridays for Holy Year? Thanks for any info.
But interrupt your walk to see it then complete your walk? Each to their own, but not for me.
I completely agree. Finish your Camino, linger on the plaza, go to mass at the Cathedral, and take it all in - with or without the botafumeiro. It's not that important in the larger scheme of things!Enjoy it if it happens... but please don't plan your camino around it.
I had read that, too, but it appears to be not have been the case this year.We heard that the botafumeiro actually swings once a day since it's Holy Year.
Regular swinging of the Botafumeiro on Friday evenings at 19:30 stopped already six years ago.Ordinarily, Fridays at Pilgrim Mass the Botafumeiro used to be paid by the Commerce in the city to swing.
AMENI do understand the desire of many to watch the botafumeiro swing - but do wish they watched it as opposed to pointing their phone at it.
It’s not as big as you think and there are far better videos on YouTube than you’ll ever capture on a phone
But interrupt your walk to see it then complete your walk? Each to their own, but not for me.
I did exactly that, I completed my Camino by walking up to Cathedral and that was a very moving experience. Later in the evening I attended the evening mass, next day midday mass and 5 days later on my return to Santiago again evening mass and did not see the butafumeiro fly; yet my friend who arrived two days later saw it. What can I say other than she is well off and might have paid to witness it. In my case, it was not meant to be.I completely agree. Finish your Camino, linger on the plaza, go to mass at the Cathedral, and take it all in - with or without the botafumeiro. It's not that important in the larger scheme of things!
Sure I could be wrong but I heard it with my lying ears. Enforced? I know for certain it wasn't because I sat next to a lovely older woman who hadn't seen a pair of hiking boots in a number of years.I find the part where it was said “if you were not a pilgrim then you had to bounce” unbelievable.
You must have misinterpreted the announcer. Some cathedral tours were still taking place 30 mins before the mass I attended and the announcer stated that those not attending the mass should exit the cathedral.
Although the 12:00 is a Pilgrims Mass, no one who wanted to attend would ever be told to leave a mass. I was at two 12:00 masses in late October and it appeared that pilgrims attending were in the minority.
You misunderstood the announcement.Sure I could be wrong but I heard it with my lying ears
We were at the Pilgrim Mass on Monday 14th November at 12 o’clock and it was swinging then. Easy for me to say but I would finish walking rather than bus in and out. Buen CaminoWe are currently about 3 to 4 days from Santiago. I know the botafumeiro is supposed to swing on Christ the King day (sunday) and I saw somewhere that in xaecobeo years it swings on Fridays but potentially only summer. We also had a large group tell us it is supposed to swing Saturday. I emailed the church trying to get some clarification but they only referred me to the website. I am trying to decide if we need to bus into Santiago to see the botafumeiro and then bus back and finish walking. IF anyone has any additional info, that would be great. If it does swing Sunday for Christ the King, which service? Is it swinging on Fridays for Holy Year? Thanks for any info.
We arrived in Santiago on a Wednesday early last month and went to the cathedral where my wife asked one of the security people when the botafumeiro might be swinging. He indicated that it was to swing the following morning at the 9:30 mass. We arrived before 9 AM and got seats practically in the front pew. Indeed the botafueiro did swing at the end of the mass and experiencing it was truly the capstone of our pilgrimage. Watching it raise and be swung accompanied by the beautiful tenor voice of the cantor brought goosebumps and tears, even more so than arriving in the cathedral square.We are currently about 3 to 4 days from Santiago. I know the botafumeiro is supposed to swing on Christ the King day (sunday) and I saw somewhere that in xaecobeo years it swings on Fridays but potentially only summer. We also had a large group tell us it is supposed to swing Saturday. I emailed the church trying to get some clarification but they only referred me to the website. I am trying to decide if we need to bus into Santiago to see the botafumeiro and then bus back and finish walking. IF anyone has any additional info, that would be great. If it does swing Sunday for Christ the King, which service? Is it swinging on Fridays for Holy Year? Thanks for any info.
Fair enough. Thank you for setting me straight.Many places make announcements for tourists to leave before Mass. This isn't because people are unwelcome. It is because some people don't know how to behave during a service.
Thank you, my bad.You misunderstood the announcement.
A member of the staff announces some 30 minutes or 15 minutes before the start of mass that visitors must leave now and people must stop walking around and only those should stay who intend to attend mass.
This announcement is usually made in Spanish and in English. I am happy to provide a transcript from one of the next live broadcastsbut you can check for yourself (see http://catedraldesantiago.es/retransmision-en-directo/).
Also, the mass is not "for pilgrims only" and most certainly not "for foot pilgrims only". It is for everyone who wishes to attend.
One doesn't pay to witness it, so much as one can pay to have it swung, in which case everyone who attends the mass can see it. This must be arranged in advance with the Pilgrim Office, and costs something around €450, according to this thread on the topic.yet my friend who arrived two days later saw it. What can I say other than she is well off and might have paid to witness it.
Maybe I was just lucky but I saw it swing this year in September on both a Friday (7.30. Mass) and the Sunday Mass. Yes, I’ve seen it each time I’ve been in Santiago. I’ve not planned for it but have seen it. I agree re: being totally absorbed by the moment. The first time I saw it I was there will all the rest but now… there is so much to ponder on at that moment that I now leave my camera/phone in my hotel room and just enjoy the moment.Regular swinging of the Botafumeiro on Friday evenings at 19:30 stopped already six years ago.
It had been due to a contract between the City Council of Santiago, the Cathedral, the Chamber of Commerce and the Hospitality Association of Santiago, see here or many other Galician news sources. As far as I remember, the hospitality sector did not want to renew it (they did not want to continue to pay for it).
September and November - the month we are in now - are not comparable. It is much more likely that the swinging of the Botafumeiro gets paid for / is offered as a tribute (ofrenda) to the Apostle in September than in November because there are many more pilgrims, including parish groups and other groups of pilgrims, who arrive towards the weekend in September.Maybe I was just lucky but I saw it swing this year in September on both a Friday (7.30. Mass) and the Sunday Mass
I appears that there may have been plenty of them at today's Misa del Peregrino when I followed the live broadcast at noon. At the beginning, the priest, a member of the Cathedral's Chapter, welcomed the congregation by saying somos todos pregrinos - we all are pilgrims before the Apostle. Then the Archbishop, too, welcomed all who had come by foot or any other way.a lovely older woman who hadn't seen a pair of hiking boots in a number of years
I nearly forgot: The Botafumeiro did swing at mass at noon on this Saturday in November. My guess but it's only a guess is that it was sponsored either by both or by one of the two groups described above.We also had a large group tell us it is supposed to swing Saturday
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