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A long walk that pretends the destination matters more than the limp.
means A journey, often long and effortful, made to a sacred place or to somewhere of deep personal significance.
from From the Latin peregrinus, meaning 'foreigner' or 'one from abroad' — built from per ('through') and ager ('field, land'), so literally someone wandering through open country, beyond their own borders. It traveled through Old French pelerin into Middle English as 'pilgrim,' the wanderer who walks far for holy purpose; 'pilgrimage' is simply the journey that wanderer makes.
- word origin
- From Latin peregrinus, meaning foreigner or wanderer
- crowd record
- Kumbh Mela draws over 200 million people
- foot toll
- Camino de Santiago is 800 kilometers of blisters
- original tourism
- Medieval pilgrim badges were the first travel souvenirs
- space age
- Mecca prayer direction is calculated by satellites
hajj to mecca — approximately 2 million muslims annually travel to saudi arabia for the islamic pilgrimage
camino de santiago — pilgrims walk routes across spain to the cathedral in galicia, 300,000+ walkers per year
kumbh mela — hindu pilgrimage in india with over 100 million attendees at the 2013 event in allahabad