Pilgrimage and Ancestors: the importance of return

Drawing on ethnographic material from pilgrimages on West Java I argue that understandings of pilgrimage will benefit from including the return home in order to fully appreciate the meaning it holds for pilgrims. If we include into the study an extensive period after coming home, it facilitates situ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jörgen Hellman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technological University Dublin
Series:International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
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