Sunday, 17 September 2023

Botafumeiro: The Most Famous Thurible in The World

quote [ In the Santiago de Compostela Archcathedral Basilica in Galicia, Spain, hangs a very special thurible. It is so special that it has a name of its own— Botafumeiro, and people come from around the world to watch it operate. ]

Bring the smoke in mass like a thurible
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[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT]

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ubie said @ 12:10pm GMT on 17th Sep
"...some pilgrims pay as much as €450 to have a private thurible “performance”"

Yup, that's the Catholicism I remember.
endopol said @ 4:56pm GMT on 17th Sep [Score:3 Funny]
Only a Catholic would pay extra for the censered version.
rylex said @ 4:52pm GMT on 17th Sep
"only those who can afford heaven will be allowed to enter" Psalms 13:12

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