New certificates etc

[Travellingman]

Well, we'll all be needing a larger pack soon, with the plethora of new credentials and certificates being issued on arrival at Santiago. Sign of the times, I guess - "Proof that I've actually DONE SOMETHING".
Do we really need all this stuff? Given that The Camino is (supposedly) about a meaningfull/spiritual/religious enterprise, and that we do already get a compostela on having covered the required distance, are these extra certificates of any value?
Faux compostelas have been available to print off on the internet for years .......
Pilgrims of old, turn in your graves.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Well, we'll all be needing a larger pack soon, with the plethora of new credentials and certificates being issued on arrival at Santiago. Sign of the times, I guess - "Proof that I've actually DONE SOMETHING".
Do we really need all this stuff? Given that The Camino is (supposedly) about a meaningfull/spiritual/religious enterprise, and that we do already get a compostela on having covered the required distance, are these extra certificates of any value?
Faux compostelas have been available to print off on the internet for years .......
Pilgrims of old, turn in your graves.

I think it's a nice idea, personally.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Finally, my compostela is better than yours. Egalitarianism was getting very tiresome.

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Finally, my compostela is better than yours. Egalitarianism was getting very tiresome.

Lest you inadvertently start another camino myth Falcon, it is worth repeating that there is only ONE COMPOSTELA, other certificates and commemorative credenciales etc. are simply souvenirs.-

Visitors to Santiago buy souvenirs - even the pilgrims of old did so there is little incentive for them to turn in their graves!

 

[Deleted member 3000]

it is worth repeating that there is only ONE COMPOSTELA

Amen.