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Approaching The Sacred: Pilgrimage In Historical And Intercultural Perspective / Ute Luig -- Approaching The Sacred In Chinese Past Contexts / Angelika C. Messner -- Approaching Emptiness: Buddhist Pilgrimage In Japan / Katja Triplett -- The Panhellenic Festival Of Artemis Leukophryene In Magnesia-on-the-meander. A Spatial Analysis Of A Hellenistic Procession / Jana Kubatzki -- Processions And Pilgrimage In Ancient Greece: Some Iconographical Considerations / Kristoph Hammerschmied -- Ca'ripalit Sangh: Jain Group Pilgrimages On Foot. Defining Sacred Territory And Religious Community / Andrea Luithle-hardenberg -- Pilgrimage To The Qoyllur Rit'i And The Feast Of Corpus Christi. The Relationship Of Local To Regional Ritual In Cuzco / Axel Schafer -- The Sakalava Pilgrimage As A Royal Service (western Madagascar) / Peter Kneitz -- Kevelaer: A New Place For Tamil Pilgrimages In The Diaspora / Brigitte Luchesi -- When Senegalese Tidjanis Meet In Fez: The Political And Economic Dimensions Of A Transnational Sufi Pilgrimage / Johara Berriane -- From Popular Pilgrimage Festival To State Monastic Performance: The Politics Of Cultural Production At Gomphu Kora, East Bhutan / Mona Schrempf. Edited By Ute Luig. Includes Bibliographical References. Contributions In English, Summaries In English With Facing German Translation.