January 2004 pilgrims; details

[Rosina Lila]

Hello you all,
       Last month 679 pilgrims received the
Compostela in Santiago. This is a significant increase from the 131 pilgrims that
received the Compostela in January of the last Xacobean year, 1999.
       203 of the January pilgrims were women
and 476 were men. One pilgrim rode a horse, 47 rode bicycles and 631 walked.
       58 of the pilgrims were over 60 years
old, 401 were between 30 and 60 years of age, and the rest, 220, were under 30
years old.
       95.5% of the pilgrims, 648, declared a
religious reason for making the pilgrimage; the rest, 31, stated an
educational/cultural motive.
       Most of the pilgrims, 615, followed the
French Way, 28 the Northern Way, 24 the Portuguese Way, 7 the Silver Way and 5
the English Way.
       159 of these winter pilgrims started out
in Sarria; 78 in O Cebreiro; 55 in Madrid (?); 52 in Ponferrada; 48 in
Villafranca and the rest, in descending numbers, began their pilgrimage in Astorga,
Pamplona, Roncesvalles, SJPP and Leon.
       572 of the pilgrims were from Spain and
the rest, 107, came from other countries.  Of the foreign pilgrims 14
came from Germany, 13 from Italy, 12 from Australia, 12 from the U.S.A, , 6 from
Switzerland, 5 from Japan, 5 from Holland, 4 from France, 4 from Portugal, and
the rest came from Brasil, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Mexico and other
countries forming a total of 18 foreign countries.
       You will remember that the Galician
Council reported yesterday that 3,276 pilgrims had been in the albergues during
last month, yet only about one fifth that number received the Compostela during
the month.  This is pretty much par for the course; on the average the
number of pilgrims on the Camino at any one time is about 5 or 6. times the
number of those receiving the Compostela, except during the Summer when the
figures are much higher.
       Also:  do notice that the 3,276
that used the albergues last month do not include those who may have stayed in
other facilities like hotels,  private homes, etc. Pilgrims who do not use
the albergues are estimated to be about 20-25% of those who do so.
Warm regards,
Rosina
      


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