I have had people ask me "How are you going to take human ash out of the country?". Thankfully this is probably the easiest part of my travels. A copy of both the death and cremation certificates are to be taken with m. I only have a small portion, in a sealed container, not a ceramic urn, which will be placed safely in my backpack, in the hold of the plane. Depending on the amount of ash a person wishes to take overseas depends on the container and the airline they are flying with. Documentation is the important part. How a person disposes of the ash in the country they are visiting may become an issue, it is always advisable to check.
In Spain the general rule for scatter ashes is that public places are to be avoided, such as main roads and parks, only biodegradable containers are to be left and ashes cannot be scattered on the coastline only in the deep ocean in a container that sinks.
I may carry my little parcel to Finisterre, a place revered by the Celts and named by the Romans.Being considered as a sacred place by the Celtic people who considered also the shoreline here was the suns resting place before it finally slipped off the edge of the world, a place where ashes of the departed have been set free for many years. Finisterre is in the Galician region known as the Costa de Morte, renowned throughout history for large numbers of shipwrecks.
I may also carry my parcel to Muxia, the place according to legend is where the Virgin Mary met St James, encouraging him to continue his preaching throughout Galicia, although history informs us that the Galicians did not convert to Christianity until the 12th Century.
Muxia is a beautiful, sleepy fishing village, nowhere as busy as Finisterre. It is a laces that holds a degree of magic, something that you can actually feel when siting on the rocks, it is the ideal place to finish a Camino, a place of both physical and spiritual healing.
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| Muxia sunset from the roof of our Alburgue 2016 |
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