Jump to content

Romería: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
 
(35 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
#REDIRECT [[Christian pilgrimage#Romería]]
GUUUEEEEEE! :D:D A '''Romería''' in [[Spain|Spanish]] or "Romaria" in [[Portugal|Portuguese]] is a religious [[pilgrimage]]. The word "Romería"/"Romaria" comes from "romero"/"romeiro", meaning those travelling towards Rome. It is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] celebration that consists of a trip or peregrination (in cars, floats, on horseback or on foot) that ends at a [[sanctuary]] or [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]]. It is not necessarily always a trip, but in some cases a celebration that lasts all day long.
==Background==
One of the most famous examples of a romería is that of [[Romería de El Rocío|Nuestra Señora del Rocío]], in which the faithful move to the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Rocío in the village of the Rocío, in [[Almonte, Spain|Almonte]], [[Huelva (province)|Huelva]]. The [[Romeria of Sant John of the Mountain]], celebrated in [[Miranda de Ebro]], is the second most important romeria in [[Spain]] behind El Rocío with more than 25.000 ''romeros''.


{{R from merge}}
Another one of the most representative examples is the Romería of the Virgen de la Cabeza ([[Andújar]], [[Jaén (Spanish province)|Jaén]]), which is considered the oldest Romería of Spain, and consists of the displacement of the travellers coming from all over the country to the Sanctuary of the Virgen de la Cabeza, through 33 km of Andújar, in the heart of Sierra de Andujar natural park. This celebration is held the last Sunday of April, and is considered of national tourist interest.
{{R to section}}

The Romería of the Virgin of Navahonda, celebrated in spring in the [[Madrid|Madrilenian]] municipality of [[List of municipalities in Madrid|Robledo de Chavela]] is representative of this tradition.

There are Romerias also in The Canary Islands. An example is La Romeria de Santiago Apostol, en [[Gáldar]].

==The New World==
[[Image:Plazadearmas1.jpg|thumb|Neo-classical Guadalajara Cathedral]]

Another representative example, in [[Mexico]], is the Romería of the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan|Our Lady of Zapopan]], which this considered the third most important peregrination in the country, after the one of the [[Our Lady of Guadalupe|Virgin of Guadalupe]], and the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos. The Romería of the Virgin of Zapopan consists of a route 8 km in length, from the metropolitan [[Guadalajara Cathedral]], to the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan]]. It is made every 12th of October, and figure of the virgin goes accompanied by more than 3,000,000 people.

In [[Costa Rica]], it is traditional to make a romería to ''Cartago'' on August 2 to make requests and give thanks to the [[Virgin Mary]] black statue, locally nicknamed ''La Negrita'', located inside the [[cathedral]]. People all over the country and even other [[Central America]]n countries attend to it by foot or horse. On 2009, due to [[AH1N1]] spreading risks it was officially cancelled, but the statue was taken on a tour to cities instead.

==See also==
*[[Pilgrimage]]

==External links==
{{Commonscat|Pilgrimage}}
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/willemkuijpers/sets/72157621749972777 fotografias Color 2009 flickr de willem kuijpers]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/willemkuijpers/sets/72157621749603507 fotografias B+W 2009 flickr de willem kuijpers]
*[http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/fiestas/elrocio.asp The Fiestas of Spain : Romeria del Rocio, Huelva]
*[http://www.sol.com/modulo.asp?IdProvincia=21&IdContenido=1044 Romeria de El Rocío]
*[http://www.elrocio.net Romeria de El Rocío - Hda. de Las Americas de Nstra. Sra. del Rocío]
*[http://www.espaciorobledo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=54 Romería de la Virgen de Navahonda en Robledo de Chavela]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/billbevan/sets/72157605003601094/ Romeria en Pruna, Andalus]
*[http://azoresnation.com/video/romeiros-in-sao-miguel-azores Romeiros in Sao Miguel, Azores]


[[Category:Christian pilgrimages]]
[[Category:Christian pilgrimages]]
[[Category:Spanish culture]]
[[Category:Culture of Spain]]
[[Category:Culture of Portugal]]

[[Category:Culture of Latin America]]
[[ko:성지 순례]]
[[Category:Christian festivals and holy days]]
[[ru:Паломничество (религия)]]

Latest revision as of 05:51, 14 April 2024

  • From a merge: This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.