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A Pan-Hungarian ‘Vessel Ritual’ in Romania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Whitsun pilgrimage of Csíksomlyó has been attracting pilgrims for more than five centuries. Until the 1940s it was the most important pilgrimage place for the Seklers1 and func-tioned as the sacred centre of Transylvania, the easternmost bastion of ...
Povedák, István
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
wiley   +1 more source

The life of Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche was presumably born in 1865 and died in 1951 and was one of the most famous female religious masters in traditional Tibet. Among her various religious roles were those of pilgrim, professional singer of manis (mani pa), healer, a ...
Havnevik, Hanna
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Book Review: German Exploration of Indian Society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A review of German Exploration of Indian Society: Ziegenbalg\u27s Malabarian Heathenism by Daniel ...
Amaladass, Anand
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Donor retention and return patterns in Saudi Arabia: Implications for blood safety and supply stability

open access: yesTransfusion Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sustaining a safe and sufficient blood supply requires not only recruiting first‐time donors but also retaining them over time. In Saudi Arabia, donor retention remains poorly understood, with limited data on return behavior, demographic influences, and temporal trends.
Wajnat A. Tounsi, Bushra S. Almalki
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Mobility Among Inferred Elites Interred in Crypts 1–3 on Kom H at Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 409-420, June 2026.
ABSTRACT As the capital of Makuria, Tungul was a major sociopolitical center within medieval Nubia, being the seat of a bishopric and a monastic community. During the excavation of the Kom H monastery, three burial crypts (Crypts 1–3) were uncovered.
Robert J. Stark   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptual Modeling of Virtual Pilgrimage for Holy Places; Virtual Pilgrimage Study of Imam Reza's (peace upon him) Shrine [PDF]

open access: yesReligion & Communication, 2015
Nowadays the cyberspace capabilities have provided the possibility for the enthusiasts to go on pilgrimages to holy shrines without the constraints of time and place.
doaj  

Pilgrims and Wayfarers to, at and from Ecumenical Gatherings and Encounters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article studies a topic which has not been treated previously. The physical experience of the journey—to the ecumenical encounter, the stay in a particular venue for prayer, dialogue or for joint initiatives, and the journey back home—becomes the ...
Scerri, Hector
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Night Vision: Navigating Walking Interviews in the Dark

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This paper contributes to the discourse on mobile research methodologies by presenting a case for the use of darkness both as a research method and as a sensory and therapeutic landscape in a rural context. Using data collected from a study on dark sky tourism in a dark sky park in Ireland, it presents Walking Interviews in Natural ...
Georgia MacMillan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Goddess unbound: Chinese popular religion and the varieties of boundary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Mazu is an important deity who spread widely within and beyond China. The hardening of internal and external boundaries during the Cold War greatly limited the flow of the cult on the mainland, and completely cut the tie to temples in Taiwan and abroad ...
Weller, Robert P.
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