pilgrimage festival
Sacred journey celebration
A pilgrimage festival is a religious observance requiring or encouraging travel to a sacred site.
In Judaism, the term specifically denotes the three annual festivals—Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot—when ancient Israelites journeyed to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Other religions have their own pilgrimage festivals: Muslims travel to Mecca for the Hajj, Hindus to the Ganges for Kumbh Mela.
- sacred siteConsecrated place of worship
- ancestral ritesCeremonies honoring forebears
- sacred journeySpiritual trek with purpose
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
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