The major reason why people made a pilgrimage, traditionally, is to visited holy shrines. The pilgrims integrated a spiritual, a physical or mental well being in the visit of this kind of site. The people basically want to relax inwardly when they made a pilgrimage. So the pilgrimage could be considered as religious. Today, the reason to make it could be very different, some people want to visit the Disney theme parks, some others would like to know more about a famous people as Elvis Presley (in this pilgrimage, there is a religious part if people want).
The place people choose could be for many reasons as the most famous one: religious. But there is much other reason: to find freedom, to change them mentally of life, to create a project, to learn about history, to have vacation, to know the world… The reasons are infinity, but the important thing when you make a pilgrimage is to really what you research, or what you want of it. It exist many pilgrimage that are organized, or create for people, but you could create your own one if you want. For example, it was possible to visit the ancient sites of Delphi and Olympia on the Greek mainland which is considered sacred sites.
The place is important because of its history, like sacred place.
The time of doing pilgrimage could be for many reasons, if we take the example of the Elvis one, we could made a pilgrimage at the date of his death, to remember this artist. For others places, it could be for an event, as the crash of a plane, to remember it. It could be for a season, like the spring which is the season of the renaissance, people would like to rebuilt their inside mentality, or resource them self. As we know, the dates need to be important in the head of the person who made it.
Finally, the place is important and could be very different for one person to the other, depending on the reason the person made the pilgrimage. The time is a decision very important depending on what the person is researching for.
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