[Gocamino] A wedding!

[Maria Garcia]

Please don't refer to our traditional suits as costumes. In Spanish sounds  as disfraz, which is not. I am sure there is a better word in English than costume!!
 
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> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:55:37 -0400
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> Subject: [Gocamino] A wedding!
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> 
> Hello you all, 
> 
> Pilgrims, who have received a Compostela, or a Certificate, might remember Mari, the manager of the pilgrims’ office.  It is fairly impossible to forget her if one has met her.  Not only is she physically beautiful, she is unfailingly charming and she speaks, absolutely flawlessly, English, French and German, besides Galician and Castilian, of course.
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> During the years that she spent in universities in England, France and Germany pursuing her study of languages she was showered with professional career offers that would have signified dream jobs to most of us. Yet, she turned them down to return to Santiago and put her talents and abilities at the service of the Camino and its pilgrims.  Her persistence and delightful personality have helped bring  about a great many changes and improvements, by melting the dourness and conservatism of many Xunta and Archdiocese powers that be, such as  the on-going renovations of the Casa del Dean, (the building wherein the Pilgrims’ office is located), the enlargement of the Belvis albergue, etc. etc. etc. For more than a decade her efforts on behalf of the Camino and its pilgrims have been tireless. While the Pilgrims’ office is supposed to close at nine p.m., it has not been unusual to find Mari hard at work there until midnight or such.
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> Because of her impressive efforts and successes Mari has been named  “Hermana Mayor” (a title of distinction) by the Archconfraternity and has been honored by20confraternities all over Europe and IberoAmerica.
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> ....Well, Mari has decided to marry a fellow Galician.  The wedding will take place next May 30th at 1:00 p.m. at the Colegiata de Santa Maria la Mayor y Real de Sar, in Santiago, and it is sure to be a memorable affair attended by half the Archdiocese people, including the choir, and everyone from the pilgrims' Office..
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> The subsequent reception in Cacheiras will be a traditional Galician celebration with bag-pipes, tambourines, etc., and many of those attending, I'm sure, will be wearing Galician costumes
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> If some of you are in Santiago on the day, you may want to attend the wedding ceremony which in Galicia is sure to be quite distinct, colorful and full of admirable music.
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> Otherwise, those of you who have made Mari’s acquaintance (John? Peter? Chris? Mark?) May want to e-mail your good wishes. 
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> It has been said that physical beauty and happiness are principally the result of the inner goodness of the possessor. Certainly Mari is living proof of that.  Knowing her one is hard put to decide which is the greatest: her beauty, her charm, her cheerfulness or her undeniable goodness.
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> While she is equivocal about it, I should think that the ticking of the biological clock has much to do with her decision to marry at this time (she is in her early thirties), so I doubt whether she’ll have much time to devote to Camino and pilgrims later on.
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> Meanwhile, you’ll be happy to know, she has arranged for the pamphlets
> that provide sundry types of information to pilgrims to be translated into various languages and made available to all pilgrims 
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> In “Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen has Lizzie tell her sister Jane: “Until I have your goodness I can never have your happiness”. If this be so, then Mari’s own happiness is ever assured.
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> Hugs!
> 
> Rosina
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