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The Way You Don’t Choose a Life, You Live One: What do the stones symbolize that the pilgrims are placing at the base of the Cruz de Fero?

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The stone symbolizes the burdens that the pilgrim carries and their past sins committed, and the act of leaving the stone allows the pilgrim to lay down their burdens and absolve themselves of all their sins.

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