TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gothóni,René
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy
AV  - BL619.P5 P56 2010eb
U1  - 203/.51095 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - Pilgrims and pilgrimages
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
KW  - Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "Papers ... delivered at an international symposium entitled "Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy" convened in Helsinki in 2008"--Introd; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pilgrimage : three theoretical Interpretations / René Gothóni -- Pilgrimage and the blessings of place-making : reflections on and beyond the anthropology of pilgrimage / Simon Coleman --  In search of learning and holiness : Scandinavians going abroad from the Middle Ages to the present / Jakob Christensson -- In the sphere of the holy : pilgrimage to a contemporary Greek convent / Mari-Johanna Rahkala -- St. Petersburg Datsan : the northernmost Buddhist temple in Europe / Alexandre I. Andreyev -- Pilgrimage as business in traditional India / Klaus Karttunen -- Pouring water on Śiva : the case of Tarakeswar pilgrims / Rikka Uuksulainen -- The way is the goal : Buddhist circulatory pilgrimage in Japan with special reference to selected artefacts / Michael Pye -- Traditional Tibetan pilgrimage and the eight holy sites of Rebgong / Wuqi Chenaktsang --  A dead man's pilgrimage : the legend of the Wutun people in Amdo / Juha A. Janhunen -- Tourism, pilgrimage, and the fluidity of material culture in Labrang/Xiahe / Juha Komppa -- Tibetan Buddhist nuns : Damcho Pema's prostrating pilgrimage to Lhasa / Lhundrub Dorji -- Some remarks on understanding the motives of Tibetan nuns / Mitra Hirkinen; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10690922
ER  -