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Pilgrim route redux

aqsakal — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:30:44 -0800

The Via Francigena (fran-chee-jena) (also here) was the pilgrim road leading from Canterbury to Rome and one of the most important routes of communication in the Middle Ages. The Italian government has this week launched a project to recover the Italian leg of it. The object of the plan is to recover the entire route (disjointed parts of which are already signposted) “not only in spiritual and religious terms but also in terms of the environment, architecture, culture, history, wine and cuisine and sport.” The initiative was promoted by the regional government of Tuscany, which hosts 400km of the Via, and which presented a plan (128-page PDF in Italian with maps and pix) detailing the low environmental impact infrastructures to be created. The plan will be shared with other local authorities located along the route as an encouragement to carry out similar recovery work. Tuscany has also announced cooperation with the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) (link in Italian), the Vatican’s organisation for encouriging and supporting pilgrimages. Modern-day pilgrims can often be seen walking (or sometimes cycling) on the Via Francigena, and are offered hospitality along the way by local parishes.

Walk Like a Russian (oh whey oh)

ersatz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:41:46 -0800

This year alone, over 20,000 Russian Orthodox pilgrims followed an icon of St. Nicholas from Kirov to Velikoretskoye on foot. The 180km-long pilgrimage through the Russian countryside dates back to the 14th century. Sergey Kozmin's photos. Some extra info here.

Wu Tai Shan

homunculus — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:01:03 -0800

Wutaishan: Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain .

Sacred Sites

stbalbach — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:24:53 -0800

Sacred Sites. Martin Gray is an anthropologist and photographer specializing in the study of sacred sites and pilgrimage traditions around the world. Traveling as a pilgrim, Martin spent twenty years, visiting and photographing over 1000 sacred sites in eighty countries. 1000s of photos, Atlas of Sacred Sites, travel journal, etc..

the irony

coyroy — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:52:27 -0800

the city of najaf is no longer under coalition control, ahead of an important pilgrimage. the secretary of state: "people who are considering engaging in the pilgrimage ought to very carefully calculate because we're not in a position to provide protection."

Echoes of Incense: A Pilgrimage in Japan

plep — Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:15:13 -0800

Echoes of Incense: A Pilgrimage in Japan. 'The route of the eighty-eight temples of Shikoku is the classic Japanese Buddhist pilgrimage. Its 1300 kilometers test the body and spirit and open the mind to an experience of its true nature. For over a thousand years, only Japanese followed the path to the remote places of the Japanese island of Shikoku. In the winter and spring of 1993, I walked this path. Afterwards, I wrote Echoes of Incense to record what I experienced in words and pictures. '
Related :- Experiencing the Shikoku Pilgrimage, from the Asian Wall Street Journal, 1977.

American pilgrimages

answergrape — Fri, 18 Apr 2003 06:57:01 -0800

The annual pilgrimage to the Sanctuario de Chimayo and Tome Hill. Here in New Mexico, this week Catholic pilgrims walk to Chimayo and Tome Hill. The Penitente, a long-excommunicated Catholic cult began by a wayward Jesuit in the late 1600's, hold their mock-crucifixion rituals this week as well, but the secret society doesn't encourage visitors. Are there more pilgrimages that happen Easter Week?

adnanbwp — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:42:28 -0800

Take a Virtual Hajj Tour (via beliefnet)
Today is the day of Arafat or the day to perform one of the main rites towards Hajj (The Pilgrimage to Mecca). Around 2 Million muslims from all corners of the earth are gathered in Saudi Arabia.