Lighting candles in Spain for the dead

[peregrina2000]

Some Spanish friends have alerted me to the fact that tonight at 9 pm (about 40 minutes from now if my time zones are correct), people all over the country will go out on the balcony for a moment of silence with a candle. Though it is just lunch time where I am, I am planning to go stand outside with a candle lit. Maybe that’s a silly thing to do, but it seems like the right thing.

Convocado este domingo un homenaje a los mayores fallecidos por coronavirus

Una cadena difundida por redes sociales ha convocado un minuto de silencio con velas encendidas este domingo 29 de marzo a las 21.00 horas para homenajear a las personas mayores fallecidas por coronavirus.

www.ultimahora.es

That article notes that 86% of the dead are over 70 years old. In my state, many thousands of miles away, an infant has died.

 

[steve 217]

 

[mspath]

Laurie,
What a beautiful gesture of camaraderie this is.
It is night here in France. Although all the country is confined and the night dark and windy I shall stand on our hillside facing southwest towards Spain holding a candle while weeping in memoriam.

 

[Anniesantiago]

I will do it.

 

[Sparrow in Texas]

Among my most profound memories of walking 4 Caminos is not the stunning landscape nor the incredible architecture, but the older Spanish people. I remember the 94 year old man who proudly showed his church in Artieda, the lady somewhere along the Meseta who gave me a handfull of candy saying, "I want you to have this", the gentleman who invited me to rest on his bench with him while we chatted about our day, the man who stopped me to talk after I greeted him with "Buenos dias!" and others. I feel immensely privileged and honored that these people would share something of their lives with me, an outsider non-Spanish and am sad to think that they might be among those who have had their last Camino.

 

[malingerer]

I will do it.

The southwest corner of my flat is my CAMINO corner.! I have just lit the candle and will light some joss and say some words. Thank you for enlightening me.

Vaya con Dios

The Malingerer.

 

[witsendwv]

Some Spanish friends have alerted me to the fact that tonight at 9 pm (about 40 minutes from now if my time zones are correct), people all over the country will go out on the balcony for a moment of silence with a candle. Though it is just lunch time where I am, I am planning to go stand outside with a candle lit. Maybe that’s a silly thing to do, but it seems like the right thing.

Convocado este domingo un homenaje a los mayores fallecidos por coronavirus

Una cadena difundida por redes sociales ha convocado un minuto de silencio con velas encendidas este domingo 29 de marzo a las 21.00 horas para homenajear a las personas mayores fallecidas por coronavirus.

www.ultimahora.es

That article notes that 86% of the dead are over 70 years old. In my state, many thousands of miles away, an infant has died.

I don’t have a balcony and no one can see my house, but I do have white lights strung in all my porches, so every night until this is over I will turn on the lights at 9PM. On the east coast of the US I think that is 4PM? Si o no?

 

[Saint Mike II]

Hola Laurie and Margaret, I missed this post - logged off early evening. So will light up tonight for the people of Spain. My local radio news tells me that another 800+ people died on Saturday. So sad. I am now strongly doubting I will get to walk the Porto in September or any time in 2020.

 

[peregrina2000]

I don’t have a balcony and no one can see my house, but I do have white lights strung in all my porches, so every night until this is over I will turn on the lights at 9PM. On the east coast of the US I think that is 4PM? Si o no?

No, it’s 3 pm. I always get it mixed up, so I usually revert to a website like this one.

Madrid Time to New York Time Converter -- TimeBie

Madrid Spain Time and New York USA Time Converter Calculator, Madrid Time and New York Time Conversion Table.

www.timebie.com

 

[witsendwv]

Thanks, I turned the lights on early anyway. I'll keep the time converter for the future, but I guess I just could have looked at my I-pad.

 

[VNwalking]

I was asleep, and missed this most touching thread.
But a candle is lit. The time matters less than the connection.
And that's never silly.
Thank you, Laurie.

 

[Bala]

No, it’s 3 pm. I always get it mixed up, so I usually revert to a website like this one.

Madrid Time to New York Time Converter -- TimeBie

Madrid Spain Time and New York USA Time Converter Calculator, Madrid Time and New York Time Conversion Table.

www.timebie.com

My clock on my Galaxy (Android) can give me "world time" by just logging in the city. It's the only way I can ever keep these pesky time zones straight.

God bless Spain and look kindly on her. So many warm memories of wonderful, caring people.

 

[CWBuff]

Missed the thread....
Past 10:00 pm now
Perhaps I will make it up tomorrow afternoon

 

[ivar]

Spain just turned the clock to summer time this weekend..

 

[Stixwoman]

I was asleep, and missed this most touching thread.
But a candle is lit. The time matters less than the connection.
And that's never silly.
Thank you, Laurie.

Hi - I'm a mental health nurse in Perth WA and our death starting to rise / just read these threads and thinking of the trip.i was taking in 2 weeks and the lovely people referred to .May the Spirit of life be with us all.

 

[jalluisi]

Sorry... I miss this thread. I will light a candle this afternoon. Que díos os bendiga.

 

[susanawee]

My candle for Spain and the beautiful people whom I met along the Camino during 2.5 walks, is burning 24 hours. My heart breaks to think that some of these lovely, special folk may well lose their lives to this horrible Corona Scourge. My love and prayers to all the people of Spain...

 

[Turga]

I always feel a bit ambivalent about threads like this, which focuses on a specific country. My thoughts will go to -and my candle will be lit for- the victims of the Corona virus all over the world.

 

[Anniesantiago]

If you do not have candles, but you have solar yard lights, you can unscrew those little tops off of the stakes and they make perfect tea lights. During the day you turn them upside down and charge them - at night you flip them over and Voila! you have a tea light. I do this all the time in my van

 

[bbates225]

Some Spanish friends have alerted me to the fact that tonight at 9 pm (about 40 minutes from now if my time zones are correct), people all over the country will go out on the balcony for a moment of silence with a candle. Though it is just lunch time where I am, I am planning to go stand outside with a candle lit. Maybe that’s a silly thing to do, but it seems like the right thing.

Convocado este domingo un homenaje a los mayores fallecidos por coronavirus

Una cadena difundida por redes sociales ha convocado un minuto de silencio con velas encendidas este domingo 29 de marzo a las 21.00 horas para homenajear a las personas mayores fallecidas por coronavirus.

www.ultimahora.es

That article notes that 86% of the dead are over 70 years old. In my state, many thousands of miles away, an infant has died.

Not a silly thing at all. ❤

 

[Tikitour]

Some Spanish friends have alerted me to the fact that tonight at 9 pm (about 40 minutes from now if my time zones are correct), people all over the country will go out on the balcony for a moment of silence with a candle. Though it is just lunch time where I am, I am planning to go stand outside with a candle lit. Maybe that’s a silly thing to do, but it seems like the right thing.

Convocado este domingo un homenaje a los mayores fallecidos por coronavirus

Una cadena difundida por redes sociales ha convocado un minuto de silencio con velas encendidas este domingo 29 de marzo a las 21.00 horas para homenajear a las personas mayores fallecidas por coronavirus.

www.ultimahora.es

That article notes that 86% of the dead are over 70 years old. In my state, many thousands of miles away, an infant has died.

That is so sad. Especially for those who would have died alone!

 

[Ctshagr]

Among my most profound memories of walking 4 Caminos is not the stunning landscape nor the incredible architecture, but the older Spanish people. I remember the 94 year old man who proudly showed his church in Artieda, the lady somewhere along the Meseta who gave me a handfull of candy saying, "I want you to have this", the gentleman who invited me to rest on his bench with him while we chatted about our day, the man who stopped me to talk after I greeted him with "Buenos dias!" and others. I feel immensely privileged and honored that these people would share something of their lives with me, an outsider non-Spanish and am sad to think that they might be among those who have had their last Camino.

I remember the older folks I met along the way. My first day on my first Camino I met an old man probably 90s walking a small child in a carriage. I was sitting on a stone wall having some water. He came up to me talking in Spanish which I didn't’ understand. I politely said no espanol but he wanted to talk. He had to give me something a cookie, a small wrapped candy, and a walnut. Then went on his way I can’t forget it. Lastly a older woman I’m 73 now saw me walking down the road last year while she was hanging out her washing. I was going the wrong way she waving frantically told me to stop. Then came to the road to walk me back to where I was supposed to going. Love these folks just two of many of interactions I’ve had. I’d love to give them a hug.