Catalunya manual for non-religious ceremonies

greytop · 24th January 2007, 01:28 PM

This article,tells of a publication: Manual de Ceremonial Civil, Los días más grandes,published in collaboration with the Catalunyan authorities & presents a different image of Spain to that I've normally held.
"La obra critica a la Iglesia y cuestiona el concepto de Dios."
Certainly round my part of Spain the religious aspects are still well to the forefront so maybe this is happening more in the big cities.
Added to the wish of many parents to remove all religious symbols from schools and the reduction in religious instruction does this mean the influence of the church is rapidly vanishing?

Marina · 25th January 2007, 10:09 AM

I guess in little towns lots of the social life still goes around the church and any religious celebrations but that doesn't happen in Madrid any more.

NIeves · 3rd February 2007, 02:50 PM

Yeah, Marina's right. I remeber one episode in my father's birth village. There all people go to church on Sundays (I have to emntion that's a must). As to follow my brother's and sister's example (they are alder than me) one summer I did the same. I wouldn't go anymore to church on Sundays. The whole summer the people in the village spoke of the fact, that the children of the man who had emigrated to Switzerland don't go to church on Sundays!
So I think that in some parts of Spain and obviously in villages the visiting of a mess is very common and a place where people meet. But in big cities this is not anymore common.

24th January 2007, 01:28 PM	#1
greytop Hero Forero Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pego, Spain Posts: 3,370	Catalunya manual for non-religious ceremonies This article,tells of a publication: Manual de Ceremonial Civil, Los días más grandes,published in collaboration with the Catalunyan authorities & presents a different image of Spain to that I've normally held. "La obra critica a la Iglesia y cuestiona el concepto de Dios." Certainly round my part of Spain the religious aspects are still well to the forefront so maybe this is happening more in the big cities. Added to the wish of many parents to remove all religious symbols from schools and the reduction in religious instruction does this mean the influence of the church is rapidly vanishing?

25th January 2007, 10:09 AM	#2
Marina NFS Admin Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madrid Posts: 1,237	I guess in little towns lots of the social life still goes around the church and any religious celebrations but that doesn't happen in Madrid any more. __________________ Our new REAL SPANISH CONTROL course has just been published, check it out!!!

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3rd February 2007, 02:50 PM	#3
NIeves Forero Senior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Barcelona Spain Posts: 53	Yeah, Marina's right. I remeber one episode in my father's birth village. There all people go to church on Sundays (I have to emntion that's a must). As to follow my brother's and sister's example (they are alder than me) one summer I did the same. I wouldn't go anymore to church on Sundays. The whole summer the people in the village spoke of the fact, that the children of the man who had emigrated to Switzerland don't go to church on Sundays! So I think that in some parts of Spain and obviously in villages the visiting of a mess is very common and a place where people meet. But in big cities this is not anymore common.