Search results for "Pilgrimage"
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Practical Movements: Kinetic rituals in the Ancient Western Mediterranean
2011
Scholars have studied the long-distance movements of people and goods in Phoenician and Punic society between the eighth and the second centuries BC in considerable depth. However, little attention has been paid to travelling, walking and sailing as common activities in their daily lives. it was through living in and moving through landscapes and seascapes that people constructed their sense of place. Sacred places may have been nodal points in these settings and everyday movements may well have become ritualized. This article develops the idea that journeys to shrines might be considered as pilgrimages and stresses the kinetic aspect of these practices. I suggest that trips to shrines were…
Atheists on the Santiago way : examining motivations to go on pilgrimage
2018
In the past 30 years, the camino to Santiago de Compostela has been recreated as an eclectic pilgrimage, open to both religious and atheist travelers. Following previous work on motivational orientations and religion, we conducted a study examining atheist versus religious pilgrims' motivations to walk the Santiago way. We assessed pilgrims (N = 360) at various parts of the northern Spanish camino using a questionnaire that measured motivations to go on pilgrimage. In addition, we measured levels of positive and negative affect, physical exertion, and emotional problems. Atheists scored significantly lower on community and religious types of motivations. However, in several measures no diff…
The refugee entrepreneurship process from/in emerging economies
2021
The paper examines several refugee experiences in Mexico and presents their reasons for leaving their home countries. A gap in research is identifying the entrepreneurial process experienced by refugee entrepreneurs. We use the case study of 10 Latin American refugees in Mexico to propose a conceptual framework that describes the entrepreneurial process of refugee entrepreneurs. We have found that this process begins with the abandonment of the country of origin, followed by the traumatic experiences that caused flight and the difficulties they face in the pilgrimage to the host country. These events help shape the entrepreneurial intention of the refugees.
Food and religion in sicily—a new green tourist destination by an ancient route from the past
2021
The Francigena Way (Via Francigena) is a long international itinerary that was awarded recognition as a Culture Route of the Council of Europe. It starts in Canterbury (UK), touches 13 European regions and ends in Rome. An ancient track of this route is in Sicily (Southern Italy), and its name is Magna Via Francigena (Great Francigena Way). This track is a pilgrimage route that connects two ancient port cities, Palermo and Agrigento, passing through internal rural territories that now deal with the exodus of population from rural to urban areas. The route passes through the Sicilian territory named “Upper-Belìce corleonese”, a rural area around the city of Corleone (a little village known w…
Kiedy sacrum sprofanowano, czyli sanktuarium św. Anny w czasie II wojny światowej
2017
WHEN SACRUM WAS DESECRATED, THAT IS ST. ANNA’S SANCTUARY DURING SECOND WORLD WARThe Anastazy Piotr Polanko’s monograph “The Franciscans in Annaberg during second World War” is anew publication concerning the history of the Annaberg’s cloister just before the2nd World War and during the war. It has been published by St. Antony’s Franciscan Publisher in 2013. It was elaborated on the basis of archives of Annaberg’s Franciscan cloister. The author had to make an effort to translate the remaining documents from German. In his book he presents biographies of friars who lived in the cloister during first years of war, their ministry work with number of statistics regarding trips, sermons, retreat…
Pielgrzymka Ślązaków do Rzymu i Viterbo w 1967 r. Na drodze polsko-niemieckiego pojednania
2018
W dniach od 11 do 21 maja 1967 r. grupa 641 niemieckich Ślązaków pielgrzymowała do Rzymu i Viterbo. Ich celem było wspólne dziękczynienie za dar kanonizacji św. Jadwigi, jakiej w 1267 r. dokonał w Viterbo papież Klemens IV. W taki sposób chciano publicznie zamanifestować obecność Ślązaków w przestrzeni publicznej. W Rzymie i Viterbo modlono się wspólnie za śląską ojczyznę i śląskie rodziny, podzielone poglądami politycznymi, narodowymi i wreszcie żelazną kurtyną. Główne uroczystości dziękczynne miały miejsce w katedrze w Viterbo. Dodatkowo świętowano 100. rocznicę powstania śląskiej grupy maltańskiej, którym patronuje św. Jadwiga, skupiającej w swoich szeregach przedstawicieli najważniejszy…
Les " mausolées " de Salone et de Split
2012
Although abbot Martin is supposed to have collected and brought it all to Rome, as pope John IV had asked him to, the relics of salonitan martyrs are venerated since the Early Middle Ages in Split cathedral, settled in the octagon of Diocletian’s Palace, in the ager of Salona, former capital of Roman Dalmatia. Both main martyrs of the ancient city, first bishop Domnio and Anastasius fullonicus, are the medieval patrons of the cathedral beside Virgin Mary. Anastasius had previously been buried in a private mausoleum on the necropolis of Marusinac - mausoleum which gave birth to a pilgrimage ecclesial complex including a basilica gemina. Having first looked for graves ad sanctos at Manastirin…
Halembska pielgrzymka na Jasną Górę : studium kulturoznawcze
2014
Praktyka pielgrzymowania występuje we wszystkich prawie religiach. Ludzie pielgrzymują do miejsc świętych, aby spełniać tam określone akty pobożności i pokuty. W Polsce najważniejszym centrum pielgrzymkowym jest Jasna Góra, którą rokrocznie odwiedza 4-5 mln pątników. Od 1979 roku wyrusza do Częstochowy piesza pielgrzymka z Halemby – jednej z dzielnic Rudy Śląskiej. Każdego roku bierze w niej udział kilkaset osób (młodzież, średnie pokolenie, rodzice z dziećmi, niepełnosprawni na wózkach inwalidzkich), które idą pieszo w obie strony. Pielgrzymce towarzyszą charakterystyczne rytuały (tzw. dzień halembski w Częstochowie, festiwal pieśni pielgrzymkowych, wspólna zabawa przy ognisku), które spra…
Leggere il viaggio: la prospettiva dei geografi
2020
Il saggio intende approfondire i temi del viaggio e del pellegrinaggio attraverso l'analisi della scrittura letteraria e dei multiformi significati che le due esperienze, quella del viaggio e del pellegrinaggio, rappresentano. Il viaggio è anche l’espressione dell’osservazione diretta, uno dei più importanti metodi dell’indagine geografica che permette fin da piccoli di acquisire la capacità di studiare il paesaggio, l’ambiente e il rapporto individuo-natura. Esso fornisce input di riflessione, stimola domande, pone questioni anche di rilievo globale. Oggetto del viaggio, inteso come esperienza di conoscenza, è spesso il paesaggio, per i Geografi un concetto tanto complesso quanto affascina…
Cosa può dirci l’antico. Spazi, forme e funzioni dei pellegrinaggi cristiani “minori”
2016
In questa sede si pone attenzione, osservando alcuni pellegrinaggi cristiani definibili come “minori”, ad alcune questioni relative alle relazioni tra ambiente, società e luoghi sacri, alle funzioni rivestite dall’itinerario pellegrinale in rapporto alla diversa composizione delle “comunità di pellegrinaggio” e alle ragioni “religiose” che hanno potuto sostenere la continuità di frequentazione dei luoghi di culto e il reiterarsi di certe pratiche rituali. Nonostante le trasformazioni socio-culturali, il mutare delle aspettative esistenziali dei fedeli, dei sistemi di produzione, dei regimi alimentari, della consistenza demografica, il pellegrinaggio resta, infatti, un istituto religioso dif…