The article answers the question of how custom religious singing was created in Kashubia and constitutes an integral part worship Church local piety/religiosity until modern times. Nowadays, musical is manifested both family rural life (religious at home, May devotions, Rosary prayer services, vigil for dead) as well ecclesial sphere (church Calvary celebrations, feasts, processions, pilgrimage...

Background and Objectives: Going on a pilgrimage for spiritual and religious purposes is not a new phenomenon and can be considered one of the oldest tourism typologies. This form of travel is related to the task social perception, which is stronger than leisure or pleasure. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to study how spiritual well-being is achieved through pilgrimages trips. Meth...

The Shikoku pilgrimage has, until very recently, seen significant growth in pilgrim numbers and appears, as such, to provide a counter-example the general trend evident surveys studies of declining engagement religious practices Japan. However, two caveats are needed here: have started fall last decade, those doing often recent times viewed their pilgrimages journeys self-discovery which identi...

Purpose This paper aims to examine critically the literature on transformational tourism and explore a research agenda for post-COVID future. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review of is performed over 42-year period from 1978 2020. Findings Further required in terms how transformative experiences should be calibrated measured both qualitative quantitative terms, particularly perspecti...

Based on fieldwork and the analysis of historical literature, this article studies development material culture in cult popular goddess Mazu, exploring particular materialization mechanisms strategies deployed by various actors her worship nowadays. Through ages, people China have expressed their religious feelings experiences objects they display, worship, exchange, as well spaces that build i...

Among the popular religious practices in Islamic society that are of concern to scholars about life cycle ceremonies and pilgrimages graves figures believed be guardians Allah obtain blessings. Many have been carried out quite diverse, including local Islam as opposed universal Islam, practical textual versus ulama symbolic normative official small tradition big tradition, real Islam. Therefore...

INTRODUCTION Free time in the life of both the disabled and those who are able bodied is the time of leisure, recovery and entertainment. The disabled utilize more energy and strength for everyday functioning compared to the able bodied, therefore, an adequate managing of the leisure time they possess is of great importance. This is confirmed by the latest results of American studies. OBJECTI...

In April 2014, a new Church of England diocese was instituted, combining three smaller dioceses covering large area Yorkshire. To mark the development this ‘mega-diocese’, group motorcycling vicars began to meet regularly and undertake ‘rides out’ across further afield. This paper explores research undertaken with these motorbiking priests their companions. The study followed an ethnographic ap...