<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 2/23/2003 4:45:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, maurasantangeloaSTNY.RR.COM writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">1. Does anyone know whether there is any music, type or period, that is<BR>
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<B>OS SONS DO PORTICO DA GLORIA,</B> by In itinere. Has the Cantigas de Santa Maria, by Alfonso X, o Sabio, X111th cent.; the Codice Calixtino, XIIth cent., and cancioneiro galego-portugues, has various pieces from the Xth - XIII cent.<BR>
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<B>O CAMINHO</B>, by Milladoiro<BR>
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<B>LES PELLERINES </B>(La mode du Pelerinage dans la France du Baroque)<BR>
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<B>LA MUSICA DE LOS PEREGRINOS,</B> by Los Tiempor Pasados<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">2. While checking an Italian site I came across a reference to the<BR>
witches of Galicia. Does anyone know anything about them?</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> They are called <B>meigas</B>, date back to the Celts.You can find a lot of info. about meigas, queimada, etc., in Santiago. There are (religious) rituals that take place, still, in the outskirts of Santiago and in various places in Galicia. Meigas occupy an important role in these.<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">3. is there a history of the pilgrimage in the same place in pre-christian eras?<BR>
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Hmm...I believe so...<BR>
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Xosé Manuel</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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Thanks for any information<BR>
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