The second Holy Year of the 21st century is to be celebrated in 2010. The Jubilee Year of Compostela has been celebrated since the Middle Ages, whenever the feast day of the Apostle Saint James, 25 of July, falls on a Sunday. The Jubilee usually takes place every 5, 6, and 11 years. The last three years in this cycle were 1993, 1999 and 2004 and the following ones will be in 2010 and 2021. The religious celebrations begin one year before in the evening of the 31 of December, and end on the same day one year after.
Xacobeo plan organizes promotional and cultural project focused on culture Santiago and the Camino of Santiago, relative of the past, empowering and energizing of the routes and their natural significance, scenic, cultural and economic.
Acts: It is an international benchmark of the celebration of knowledge and arts. Xacobeo 2010 proposes to learn from the past and understand the present to move forward. The Xunta of Galicia conceives a Xacobeo 2010 based on the following principles of action: 1.
Quality
2. Universality 3. Modernity 4. Durability 5. Sustainability 6. Accessibility 7. Solidarity
Programming:
The programming of Xacobeo 2010 articulates the 10 roads leading to Santiago, nine physical routes and an inner journey that every piligrim performs. These roads are embodied in 10 areas of programming that presents a breakthrough today. 1. Way of Spirituality 2. Way of Refletion 3. Way of History 4. Way of Performing Arts 5. Contemporary Way 6. Way de lﾃ「diovisuel 7. Way of Sport 8. Way of Eating 9. Way kids 10. Way of music
Jubilee new logo By Estefania
Art and Music in Saint James Route
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Art and Music in Saint James Route -The
Music of Saint James Routes:
The Codex is an amazing document of 1150, lost for many years and rediscovered in the year 1886. The Codex is an example for a sinfonia (two voices singing in hardmony). The Codex is a series of books dedicated to many stories related with the apostole.
Different styles of art in Saint James Routes: -Romanesque: Used in the domes, barrel vaults, and reinforced at intervals by arches or transverse. -Gothic: In which pointed arch, needles, pinnacles and gables are used. -MudĂŠjar: the brick used as core material of architecture. -Neoclassical: Among the general characteristics of Neoclassical is the noble simplicity and great composure of style.
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By Adรกn Prados Montero
History of the way of St. James The way of St. James (Camino de Santiago) has existed for over a thousand years. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times. It was considered one of the five pilgrimages on which a plenary indulgente could be earned (Jubilee). The others are the Via Francigena to Rome (Italy) and the pilgrimage to Jerusualem (Israel), Liebana (Spain) and Caravaca de la Cruz (Spain).
By Leo Sanz Diego
Index: 1.Gastronomy.
2.Practical advice.
3.Nature.
Gastronomy: The main atractive of Galician gastronomy is her variety. Its dishes are varied and plentiful. “Qeimada”, octopus, broth, “cocido”and shellfish are tipical Galician gastronomy.
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Practical advice. If you do the way, walking path is a confortable shoe because you have to walk many kilometres. You can also get help with a stick. Bring plenty of water.
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Nature. There are rough coasts along side sheer cliffs with calm “rías”, beaches, lagoons and wetlands. In the inside the visitor can enjoy mountains and valleys blending into the wilderness of this landscape.
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All references Gastronomy Nature Gastronomy Photograph Pilgrims Photograph Nature Photograph Landscape Photograph The English Way Photograph
By Graciela Feal Carpente.