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Pilgrimage items. Josu Larrinaga Zugadi

The term “romeria” (erromeriak) or pilgrimage originally referred to the pilgrims’ journeys to Rome or other centres of Christianity. By extension, it has come to mean, in popular tradition, the festivities where people gather in meadows or on hillocks around certain chapels or shrines. It also encompasses the influx of pilgrims, religious services or festive events involving the pilgrims and the general public, at those sacred or devout places. Pilgrimages are organised in periods of good weather and usually take place in spring and at the end of autumn.
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