Talk:Botafumeiro

Mistranslation
"Botafumeiro" does not mean Smoke belcher, as it was before stated on the introduction. Botar, in this case, is a verb which describes the action of expelling or emitting a certain substance. In this case it's smoke...so Smoke expeller would be more appropriate and it doesn't have the anatomical connotation "belch" has.

Music during botafumeiro swinging?
Does anyone know the name of the musical piece which is sung by a woman during the noon Mass for pilgrims in the Santiago Cathedral when the botafumeiro is being swung? I've had a lot of questions on this since I posted a video on YouTube under username cfpopsycle. Might be nice to add the name of the music to this site.Dave 03:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

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Questions
"certain important religious occasions" begs the question - "which ones ?".

How is it that the censer is made to swing higher and higher by only lengthening and shortening the rope ? Why would this not work without the inital push ? Some explanation of the principle at work would be useful, even if it's just a link to a page that explains the principle at work.

"Apparently at one time, the Botafumeiro was attached to the rope with a hook which sometimes became disconnected." - seems unsuitable style for an encyclopedia as it implies unreliable information - either it was, or it wasn't attached with a hook. This also begs the question "when ?". If there is doubt, then this sentence should probably be omitted. 81.130.143.242 (talk) 17:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)