Pilgrimage

For other uses of the word pilgrimage, see Pilgrimage (disambiguation).

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A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim.

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Secular and civic pilgrimages are also practiced, without regard for religion but rather of importance to a particular society. For example, many people throughout the world travel to the City of Washington in the United States for a pilgrimage to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. British people often make pilgrimages to London for public appearances of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Pop culture has also sought to redefine pilgrimages, defining a demoscene party as a pilgrimage.

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Religion: Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions and rituals associated with such belief. In its broadest sense som...

Spirituality: Spirituality is, in a narrow sense, a concern with matters of the spirit, however that may be defined; but it is also a wide term with many available readings: it may include belief in supernatural powers, as in religion; but the emphasis is on personal experience. It may be a metaphorical expressio...

Journey: Journey can refer to:...

Pilgrimage related Images and Photos (experimental)

Pilgrimage to Dieghem	El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela Scallop Shells and Walking Sticks Galicia Spain	The Spring Pilgrimage of the Tsarina under Tsar Aleksy Mihailovich 1868	Pesonal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah Volume II Burton Pub.1855
Male and Female Pilgrims in the Approved Costume for Making the Pilgrimage to Mecca	A View of the Grand Procession of the Sacred Camel Through the Streets of Cairo on Their Pilgrimage