SANTIAGO MATARATAS

[Xosé Manuel Alvariño]

Hmm...interesting comment...Salgadellos has recently put out a new effigy of 
Santiago called SANTIAGO MATARATAS...a store keeper in GZ (Galiza) told me 
they wanted to be "politicamente correctos!"

Xosé Manuel

In a message dated 2/25/2003 4:45:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
DFooteaD115.ORG writes:

> 
> Last summer I was struck by the number of statues of Santiago as the
> Moor killer (Santiago Matamoros). I wondered how Muslims in Spain felt
> about these depictions of Santiago.  It seems to me that the idea of St.
> James as the Moor killer is out of date..
> 

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