A la llarga group of young pilgrims assabenten el històric centre singing and dancing, prompting criticism over noise and respect for local residents
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTEL·LA – El final arriba a Santiago és un dels most emocionants moments de Camí de Sant Jaume, però en el grup d'young pilgrims has esparcat controversia per assabentar el històric centre de la Galícia capital a la veritat diferent. singing, dancing and shouting as they made their way towards the Plaça de l'Obradoiro.
The group belongs to the youth ministry of Sant Carles Borromeu in Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid. According to the report published by Quincemil, the pilgrims Rua do Franco, una de les principals pedestrien routes envers Santiago Cathedral, a la llarga i lliure processó.
El seu arrival s'ha recordat i shared en el grup d'una mitjana social mitjana accounts, per tal que els comentaris en el post were subsequently disabled.
Singing and dancing on the way to the Obradoiro
The images show the young pilgrims walking totgether while dancing and singing as they approached the Cathedral.
The celebration did not end when they reached the Plaça de l'Obradoiro. Onze there, the group continued chanting together in front of Santiago Cathedral.
For the participants, the scene appears to have been a joyful celebration after completing their Camino.
But not everyone saw it that way.
The video generated criticism en social media, particularment envers la disturbance que la llarga, noisy groups can cause el people que estill live al Santiago's historic centre.
Celebration or lack of respect?
The incident has reopened an increasingly familiar debat in Santiago de Compostel·la.
How should pilgrims celebrate their arrival?
There is no single way to finish the Camino. Some pilgrims arriba crying. Altres embraci les seves companyies, lle down en l'esquare, pray, sin o simpli sit silently looking en el Cathedral.
Per a many groups, especially young pilgrims que havien spent days walking tot el dia, reaching Santiago és understandably a moment d'excitement enormous.
Però Santiago no és només el final de destinació del Camí.
It is also a city where people live.
Streets surrounding the Cathedral és home per a residents que experimenten constant arrival de thousands de visitors per a cada any.
Aquest balanç durant la celebració i respecte es prenen increasingly important en els camins continus per augmentar.
The Obradoiro is becoming an increasingly busy stage
The Plaça de l'Obradoiro has always been a place of emotion.
Every day it hosts scenes que es dificulta per find anywhere else: strangers hugging tots, families celebrant, ciclistes raising seus bicycles, groups taking photographs a exhausted pilgrims staring silently at the Cathedral af w.
Social media has added another dimension.
Per som pilgrims, arribant a Santiago és no longer simply a private or spiritual moment. Aquest és també un record, publicat i share immediatament amb hundreds or thousands of followers.
Aquest moviment ha transformat l'Obradoiro en un most mostat a les fotografies i filmades localitats al carrer Camí.
Santiago faces the consequences of the Camí's success
El controversi menges durant el busiest part del pilgrimage season.
August brings guanya nombres de pilgrims i turistes do Santiago, incréssing pressure al centre històric, allotjament, restaurants i accés al Cathedral.
El 'challenge' és no pot tocar pilgrims de celebració.
The challenge és finding a way for pilgrimage, tourism and everyday life to coexist.
Residents tenen right to rest and enjoy their neighbourhood.
Pilgrims té a mida d'experiència l'emoció molt completa de completar les jornades.
And Santiago has difficult responsibility of accommodating both.
The Camino also means respect
The Camí de Sant Jaume has always been associated with values such as hospitality, companionship, humility and respect.
Those values do not disappear at the final yellow arrow.
If anything, reaching Santiago should be the moment when they become most visible.
Celebrating achievement after walking dozens or hundreds of kilometres és completely understandable. Per a tothom, és un dels moments més aviat de les persones.
But the Camino passes through living villages, towns and cities.
Behind the picturesque balconies and medieval façades are homes, families, workers and residents.
La controversia surrounding this group's arrival therefore raises a question that will probably become increasingly relevant as pilgrim numbers continue to grow:
How can we celebrate reaching Santiago without forgetting the people who live there every day?
Perhaps els canvis necessaris en una de les últimes lesions del camí: the road belongs to everyone, and sharing it also means respecting those walking — and living — beside us.
