ICamino de Santiago, isipiliyoni sokwenza okungenani kanye empilweni
INDLELA, OKWENZEKA UKUTHATHA NGOKUNCANE KWESIKHATHI SOKUPHILA
ICamino de Santiago ingenye yezindlela ezindala kakhulu zokuhambela kusukela lapho
kusukela ngesikhathi lapho isimemezelo sokutholwa kwethuna laseSan Giacomo il Maggiore sibuyele emuva,
obusondelene kakhulu nabaphostoli bakaJesu futhi nanamuhla futhi kuwuphawu locwaningo olungokomoya ngisho naphakathi kwabangeyona intsha
amakholwa. Yize umphostoli anqunywa ikhanda ePalestine yiNkosi uHerode-Agrippa, iGolden Legend
utshela ukuthi abafundi bakhe, ngesikebhe esiqhutshwa yingelosi, bahambisa isidumbu sakhe baya eGalicia,
Isifunda lapho uJames ayehambele khona ukushumayeza abantu besiko lamaCelt, ukuze bamngcwabe
ukhuni eduze kwetheku elibaluleke kunazo zonke laseRoma endaweni.
Embhalweni wesandla kuthiwa umuntu owayehlala yedwa okuthiwa uPelagius, owayehlala eduze kwesonto wayephethe i-
isambulo sokuthi ithuna likaSt. James Omkhulu laliseduze, kuyilapho amakholwa amaningana
besonto bathi babone amalambu afana nezinkanyezi eMount Liberon. Umbhishobhi waxwayiswa ngaso leso sikhathi
lezi zenzakalo azithola kuleyo ndawo yemizimba, eyodwa yazo engenakhanda.
Umzila, osuka ePyrenees uye eGalicia, ungama-800 kg ubude futhi, ukumboza yonke iCamino de Santiago, kuyadingeka
ngokwesilinganiso ngenyanga. Imigwaqo igandayiwe futhi ayikhonkiwe futhi imbozwe ngezinyawo
eminyakeni edlule kwengezwa eminye imizila eminingi, yonke iqala endaweni ethile eSpain.
Kunabantu abaningi, iminyaka, ababhekane nalolu hambo ukuze bazithole.
Ezinye izindawo zisikisela kakhulu futhi zivusa imizwa ikakhulukazi ngoba zixhunyaniswe nezinganekwane noma izimangaliso
kwenzeka lapho futhi phakathi kwalokhu sikhumbula iRoncesvalles (exhunyaniswe nezenzo zamapaladins ase-Orlando), iSanto Domingo de
la Calzada, enombhishobhi omkhulu kuphela emhlabeni onekheji elinezikhukhukazi ezimbili eziphila ngaphakathi, iSan
UJuan de Ortega, isigodlo sezindela sasendulo esilahlekile esihlahleni se-oki ebangeni elingamamitha ayinkulungwane ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, O Cebreiro, indawo ejabulisayo
futhi kuyamangaza kumamitha ayi-1300 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle ezintabeni zaseGalician-Cantabrian, isango eliya eGalicia
Ngokusobala wonke amadolobha nezigodi ezinqamulelwe kule ndlela zinokunotha kwezobuciko namasiko
ezinkulu, izihlokwana nezihloko ezinkulu yilezi: iPamplona, iLogrono, iBurgos, iLeòn, i-Astorga.
Okuhlanganisa bonke labo abaqala uhambo isifiso sokuphila isipiliyoni esivumayo
thola kabusha ubunjalo bendoda, ukujula kwenhliziyo yomuntu, komphefumulo womuntu… Bese kuba khona labo abashiya i-
imbangela yezehlakalo, noma izivivinyo impilo ezibeke phambi kwakhe: ukugula, ubuhlungu, ukulahlekelwa kodwa futhi nakho okukodwa
injabulo enkulu yafika kungalindelekile.
ICamino de Santiago ayiyona indlela elula, kufanele ugqoke izicathulo ezifanele, kunjalo
Ubhaka kufanele ube i-anatonic ukuthatha ukuma okulungile, ukuphatha isikhwama sokulala e
ijazi lemvula elimboza ngokuphelele i-pilgrim uma kwenzeka lina. Emigwaqweni kufanele ube
ilungele noma ikuphi ukwenzeka. Ngokuqondene nokudla okunomsoco, kuhle ukudla kuphela ukudla okulula
futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, hydrate kaningi. Imigwaqo ayiphephile ebusuku nezimpawu ezisele azibonakali
ngaphandle kokukhanya.
Ukuze uzinothise ngokuhlangenwe nakho okuyingqayizivele udinga ukuthola isigqi sakho semvelo nesingokomoya (obani
ucabanga kanjalo) .
Ukufinyelela eCompostela akusikona ukuphela kepha kuyisiqalo sendlela entsha….