- Time of past OR future Camino
- To Santiago + back
2400 km + 950 nmi
160 days
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And we still do. Definitely grafitti in this case...The native Hawaiians considered it sacrilegious
This is different, though--it has some history. And as at the Cruz de Ferro, the rocks are pretty much in one place...They marked the spot, now known as the Moreco del Santo, with a small cairn, and since then the tradition has grown up that everybody passing by should kiss a stone and add it to the pile, as I was happy to do a couple of weeks ago.
Yes, it's sad that they don't respect and care for the land.And we still do. Definitely grafitti in this case...
Auwe no ho'i...malama aina e!
Well, they simply don't know that what they're doing is disrespectful or even that it clutters the landscape. IME, once people understand, they are mostly quite sensitive, but it's a matter of education. What, after all, is wrong about a pile of a few rocks? It's not immediately obvious, especially for those who come from another place and who may not be 'country folks.' In big cities there are other norms.Yes, it's sad that they don't respect and care for the land.
LOVE the coined term"ego monuments", bang on! Why else would anyone think it's ok to let the rest of the world "I was here". Reminds me of teenage graffiti on bathroom stall doors. Ironic since surely if their is one place that can teach you to check your ego at the door it's the Camino.(Until relatively recently there weren't some many of these ego monuments, but now they're all over the place. Like love locks in Paris such 'offerings' are not appreciated by everyone...)
Ah, but Anemone...it does fight back. And old habits die hard.....Ironic since surely if their is one place that can teach you to check your ego at the door it's the Camino.
Bingo @Kathar1na , do you know where they were bringing the rocks from?Page 310: In the 12th century, it was traditional for pilgrims to carry the calcium-rich stones found in this area to ovens near Castaneda, some 6 km east of Arzua, where they were made into cement for construction of the Compostela Cathedral.
That sounds a lot more plausible although I am a little unsure about the technical terms used here, i.e. calcium (ok) and cement (hm). Somehow I am missing the term "lime" in this context. Contributing in such a practical way to the building of churches and in particular cathedrals was not uncommon.
What book are you quoting?Yes, I added it to my post but you were too quick: they brought them from the area around Triacastela.
In addition, on page 335 on Santa Maria de Castaneda: In the 12th century Codex Calixtinus guide, the author says that the ovens that produced lime for the Santiago Cathedral construction were in Santa Maria de Castaneda and that pilgrims were asked to bring stones with them from Triacastela to be processed here. Nothing remains of this operation.
Gitlitz/Davidson, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago.What book are you quoting?
That sounds a lot more plausible although I am a little unsure about the technical terms used here, i.e. calcium (ok) and cement (hm). Somehow I am missing the term "lime" in this context.
houted a word which I cannot now remember - I meant to look it up at the time and forgot, then couldn't remember enough of it! It began with a T (3 or 4 syllables)
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