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What do you do on a pilgrimage?

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It depends on the type of pilgrimage and if religious then which religion. Pilgrimages can occur for all sorts of reasons; sometimes to worship Gods, other times to fulfil duties and some even believe going to a loved one's grave or scattering ashes as a pilgrimage (though I don't know if this is correct). With regard to religious pilgrimages it usually involves prayer, adoration and some sort of set act. For example, in Islam Muslims circumnavigate (walk in circles) round the Kaba (sorry for incorrect names/spellings) in Mecca; their place of holy pilgrimage. In Christianity, Lourdes is an example of a pilgrimage often taken by the frail or sick in which they touch the walls of the grotto and light candles by the place where Mary first appeared in a way of asking to be healed.

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