numbers..final

Wed May 5 07:12:43 PDT 2004

Good point, Claudia. I think it's also worth noting that the Santiago statistics don't make a distinction between religious and spiritual motives. There are a lot of "Caministas" who, if they have to give some motive, will give religion, but who lack meaningful ties to any particular church. The Santiago statistics imply that the Camino is still basically a ritual of the Catholic religion. THose of us who have done it know better.
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> From: claudia castellani <claudietta67ahotmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 07:45:13 +0000
> To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
> Subject: Re: numbers..final
>
> Pieter,
> I really don't understand. From the Spanish text it seems that people doing
> the Camino for religious reasons (or for religious and other reasons
> together) are 95,85%. So why do you consider Rosina was wrong?
> In reality I don't even see the point in discussing statistics about this
> matter, but if we do I would like to add something.
> Are we sure about the truthfulness of people who state they make their
> Camino for specific reasons? I met people stating they absolutely wanted to
> receive the "true" Compostela (which is considered to be the one given for
> religious reasons, as it is the traditional one) and that for this reason
> they intended to.... lie when declaring the reasons for the Camino. I don't
> know if you met such people in your Camino experience: I did. Mostly
> Europeans: we Europeans have a different relation with lies, we cope with
> them, we don't think it is such a terrible "sin"! Of course I am not saying
> this was a good behaviour. I am only saying that this happens, even if I
> think it is a minority of people who do that.
> On the other hand, there might also be people doing the Camino for religious
> reasons not wanting to declare it.
> So I wonder: why should we attach such importance to statistics? They are
> interesting just to have an idea. But that's all.
> That's only an opinion: please, Camino-friends, don't be offended!  ;-)
> Regards to everybody!
>
> Claudia
>
>
> >From: pieter pannevis <pieterpannevisaGMX.NET>
> >Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> >To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> >Subject: numbers..final
> >Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 21:13:54 +0200
> >
> >Dear all,
> >The correct URL is:
> >
> >http://www.archicompostela.org/Peregrinos/Espanol/Noticiasperegrinacion.htm
> >
> >However this states religious AND cultural and not only religious as
> >remarked in the original letter.
> >I think it would be fair to say that the original message that 95 % was
> >religious was incorrect.
> >
> >The message herewith speaks for itself: again about 70 % religious
> >
> >The message in Spanish is:
> >
> >La peregrinación a Santiago
> >en febrero de 2004
> >Durante el mes de febrero en la Oficina de Peregrinaciones recibieron la
> >Compostela 1420 peregrinos. Durante este mismo periodo el año pasado
> >recibieron la Compostela un total de 176. En febrero del pasado Año Santo
> >1999 llegaron 642 peregrinos.
> >De estos peregrinos, 922 (64,93%) son varones y 498 (35,07%) mujeres. A pie
> >han llegado 1.344 (94,65%), en bicicleta 73 (5,14%) y 3 a caballo.
> >
> >Edad de los peregrinos
> >
> >Menores de 30 años son 722 peregrinos (50,85%); de entre 30 y 60 son 645
> >(45,42%) y mayores de 60 años son 51 peregrinos (3,59%). La edad media es
> >de
> >32 años.
> >
> >Motivación de la Peregrinación
> >
> >Religiosa
> >1.108
> >78,03%
> >95,85%
> >Religiosa-cultural
> >253
> >17,82%
> >Sólo cultural
> >59
> >4,15%
> >4,15%
> >Nacionalidades de los peregrinos
> >Españoles: 1.156 (81,41%); el mayor número de peregrinos procede de las
> >comunidades de Galicia, 395 (34,17%); Madrid con 235 (20,33%); Cataluña 109
> >(9,43%); Valencia con 76 (6,57%), Castilla-León 61 (5,28%); Andalucía 60
> >(5,19%); Castilla la Mancha con 51 (4,41%); y le siguen en número las
> >comunidades de Canarias, Baleares...
> >Extranjeros: 264 (18,59%); el país que mayor número de peregrinos aporta es
> >Portugal con 59 (4,15%), Países Nórdicos 34 (2,39%); Alemania con 31
> >(2,18%), Francia con 23 (1,62%); EE.UU. y Brasil con 14 (0,99%) cada uno;
> >seguidos de Canadá, Chile, Reino Unido, Suiza&#8230; hasta sumar un total de 34
> >países.
> >Profesiones de los peregrinos
> >A nivel profesional el grupo más numeroso es el formado por los Estudiantes
> >con 491 peregrinos (34,58%); las Profesionales liberales con 187 peregrinos
> >(13,17%), seguido de los obreros con 152 (10,70%), técnicos con 135
> >(9,51%),
> >empleados 111 (7,82%); seguidos de funcionarios, profesores, amas de
> >casa...
> >Lugar de salida
> >La mayor parte de los peregrinos llegados en el mes de febrero ha iniciado
> >su camino en Sarria 511 (35,99%); Cebreiro 169 (11,90%); Tui 117 (8,24%);
> >Roncesvalles 84 (5,92%), León 62 (4,37%), Ponferrada 53 (3,73%); Saint Jean
> >Pied de Port 40 (2,82%); seguidos de Samos, Astorga, Villafranca del
> >Bierzo&#8230;
> >Camino seguido
> >El camino que la mayoría de los peregrinos ha seguido es el Camino Francés:
> >1.145 (80,63%), el Camino Portugués elegido por 180 (12,68%), el Camino del
> >Norte 40 (2,82%), el Camino Inglés elegido por 34 peregrinos (2,39%) y la
> >Vía de la Plata 21 (1,48%).
> >Peregrinaciones en grupos organizados: 42 grupos
> >
> >
> >
> >pieter, trigo and mickey
> >duifhuis 58,
> >3862 jj Nijkerk
> >the Netherlands
> >mailto:pieterpannevisagmx.net
> >
> >
> >pieter, trigo and mickey
> >duifhuis 58,
> >3862 jj Nijkerk
> >the Netherlands
> >mailto:pieterpannevisagmx.net
>
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