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