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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"pilgrimages"”.
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Pilgrimages and syncretism: Religious Transformation Among the Arsi Oromo of Ethiopia
… practices in Waaqeffannaa is the act of making pilgrimages to the Abbaa-muuda (father of anointment). Because of the decline of Waaqeffannaa and the Abbaa-muuda, the Arsi Oromo have diverted their pilgrimages to shrines established by various local saints in different parts of the region. The …
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Evangelical Tours to the Holy Land: A Study on the Theopolitics of Christian Pilgrimages
"The fieldwork upon which all three studies that construct the body of this dissertation are based was conducted in East-Central Illinois, where an evangelical couple organizes trips to Israel as part of a larger set of religious activities they coordinate as managers of an evangelical radio …
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Pilgrimage and the construction of Cahokia: a view from the emerald site
… that Cahokia's development hinged in part on pilgrimages to the Emerald site during lunar standstill events every 18.6 years. To determine whether Emerald was a pilgrimage center, I used ethnohistories, ethnographies, and contemporary accounts of Native American pilgrimage to construct …
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The inner journey : pilgrimage in South Africa and the modern world
… be that of intent or purpose and therefore pilgrimages can be categorised according to function; and that the inner journey is the most important feature of authentic pilgrimage but does not overrule obligation or traditional practice.
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John de Dalderby, Bishop of Lincoln, 1300-1320
… of the people of the diocese in his time that pilgrimages were made to his tomb in search of healing, and petitions were sent to the Pope asking for his canonisation.
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"Yes, No, Maybe": Loyalty and Betrayal Reconsidered: The Tule Lake Pilgrimage
… War II. The Tule Lake Committee holds biennial pilgrimages which have become increasingly popular in the last decade. A 'thick description' of the 2010 pilgrimage and an analysis of the pilgrimage themes shows how the Tule Lake Committee honors the experience of Japanese Americans whose history …
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Wil Lou Gray and the Politics of Progress In South Carolina
… opportunity schools, adult night schools, pilgrimages and media campaigns to 1935, Gray transformed the campaign to eradicate illiteracy in South Carolina from a plan of eradication to a program of adult education. Her work reveals the significant role white women played in the Long Civil …
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Lelov: cultural memory and a Jewish town in Poland. Investigating the identity and history of an ultra - orthodox society.
… His grave is now a focal point of the Chasidic pilgrimages. The pilgrims themselves are a Chasidic hodgepodge, dressed in fur-brimmed hats, dreadlocked, and they all come to Lelov for the same reasons: to pray, love, and eat with their brethren. The number of pilgrims has grown exponentially …
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The evolution of pilgrimage practice in early modern Ireland
In the religious history of Lreland, the pilgrimages to Lough Derg and Our Lady's Island have occupied a special place of interest for centuries. The pilgrimage practice at Lough Derg offers insights into certain aspects of study which warrant further attention in pilgrimage scholarship. Historians …
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The Ethnography of On-Site Interpretation and Commemoration Practices: Place-Based Cultural Heritages at the Bear Paw, Big Hole, Little Bighorn, and Rosebud Battlefields
… examined whether battlefield visitors who made pilgrimages to attend or participate in official on-site commemorations had stronger place-based connections for cultural heritage or historical knowledge reasons than other visitors. Overall, these commemoration pilgrims had stronger connections to …
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The Ethnography of On-Site Interpretation and Commemoration Practices: Place-Based Cultural Heritages at the Bear Paw, Big Hole, Little Bighorn, and Rosebud Battlefields
… examined whether battlefield visitors who made pilgrimages to attend or participate in official on-site commemorations had stronger place-based connections for cultural heritage or historical knowledge reasons than other visitors. Overall, these commemoration pilgrims had stronger connections to …
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After aura : authorship, automation, authenticity
… into galleries in pursuit of the new or go on pilgrimages to architectural sites and museums to see and experience the original "in person." We also employ armies of scholars or dealers to find or authenticate the "original". In After Art, David Joselit asks for an expansion of the definition …
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THAI BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY AND ITS INFLUENCE IN SINGAPORE
… talismanic products), and the macro-level of pilgrimages to Thailand which may be interpreted as a "wild" locality peripheral to the "civilized” nation state of Singapore. The study also attempts at a theoretical discussion of the notion of “charisma" of certain Thai monks. The role of …
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Sound affects: remaking Taiwan through traditional religious practices
… While traditional practices like Mazu pilgrimages symbolically invoke a discourse of historic depth, in actual practice they instead take on a decidedly contemporary and Taiwanese face.
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Uma fenomenologia do corpo na educação física brasileira
… unit on the body addresses experiences such as pilgrimages, yoga, and artistic expressions, revealing the body as a field of meaning, memory, and subjectivity. The unit on expression focuses on manifestations such as dance, circus, and capoeira, understanding gesture as language and the …
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La "Descriptio de locis sanctis" di Rorgone Fretello. Analisi della tradizione manoscritta e edizione critica
… composed on the occasion of the second of his pilgrimages to Jerusalem, occurred in 1137. It is initialled ‘H’, after the name of the addressee. This first redaction was unknown to scholars until the editio princeps of P.C. Boeren (1980), who listed eight manuscripts, but did not reconstruct …
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Moving mountains: tracing the history, creation and meaning of Jain sacred-site images (tirtha pata)
… displayed to facilitate emotional or mental pilgrimages (bhava yatra) of equivalent merit to actual journeys. This practice has become an important way for the community to express its beliefs, connections with place, and cultural identity. Despite evident ongoing significance, tirtha pata …
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Moving mountains: tracing the history, creation and meaning of Jain sacred-site images (tirtha pata)
… displayed to facilitate emotional or mental pilgrimages (bhava yatra) of equivalent merit to actual journeys. This practice has become an important way for the community to express its beliefs, connections with place, and cultural identity. Despite evident ongoing significance, tirtha pata …
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Walking the faithscapes of Varanasi, India: Pilgrimage of the Panchkroshi Yatra
… spiritual benefits but is not limited to them. Pilgrimages have various types of paths like circular, linear, spiral, converging at a central point, etc. Circular pilgrimage like the Panchkroshi in Varanasi, India, ends at the same point it started, thus forming an endless loop. The Panchkroshi …
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The Canterbury tales : a study of certain of the characters and their tales as an expression of Chaucer's concern regarding abuses among the priesthood and religious orders during the 14th century
… Baldwin, writing about the significance of pilgrimages in the middle ages says: "Pilgrimage was a well-established feature of European society, it was a journey of devotion to a holy shrine. At first simply a pious act, pilgrimage had, in the course of time, been adopted by the Church as a …
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