A Theoretcal Assessment on the Symbolic Language of Pilgrimage (Hadj)
HACCIN SEMBOLİK DİLİ ÜZERİNE TEORİK BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
Abstract
Pilgrimage (hadj) is the most important of the journeys which are performed mainly on the basis of longing for "circumcision" in different religions and traditons and which introduce the ideal of integraton with the values "the pilgrim (hadji)" enshrines. In this study, pilgrimage fact has been handled theoretcally within the framework of the ideal of "sacredness and circumcision" although it is not specifc to any religion and symbolic contexts surrounding a pilgrim (hadji) during these journeys have been tried to be analyzed through the concepts such as "sacred tme, sacred place, symbol".
Keywords
Religion, pilgrimage, pilgrim, symbol, sacred, profane.
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