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pilgrimage

vr.tr.pilgrimage · thing-q1644573

Let an agent explain pilgrimage across religious traditions with attribution, describe routes, practices and significance, support practical and respectful travel questions, and support historical and comparative study.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What pilgrimage is.

Concept

Concept across traditions.

Concept

Concept.

  1. How do different traditions understand pilgrimage, in their own terms, and what do scholars say about its common features? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed and respectful? boundary

Examples

Major pilgrimages.

Examples

Examples.

  1. What are the major pilgrimages of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Japan and other traditions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific pilgrimage? action
Practise Practices and routes.

Rites

Rites and practices.

Rites

Rites.

  1. What rites, preparations and conduct accompany pilgrimage in a given tradition? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking personal religious guidance, which belongs with their community? boundary

Routes

Routes and sites.

Routes

Routes.

  1. What are the established routes and sites, and how are they maintained? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific route? action
Travel Practical and safety.

Planning

Planning a pilgrimage.

Planning

Planning.

  1. How can a pilgrimage be planned practically, and what do authorities advise on health and safety? provenance
  2. Is a health or safety emergency present now? boundary

Visitors

Non-pilgrim visitors.

Visitors

Visitors.

  1. How can non-pilgrims visit pilgrimage sites respectfully? provenance
  2. Which entry fits religious tourism? action
Learn History and study.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has pilgrimage developed historically across traditions, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Study

Comparative study.

Study

Study.

  1. How do anthropologists and religious studies scholars analyse pilgrimage, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

Classifiers Filled

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Plane
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Domain
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Other names and narrower kinds
Christian pilgrimage, Okage Mairi, Ohachimeguri, pilgrimage to Itsukushima, Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land, walking pilgrimage, catholic pilgrimage, inline-skating pilgrimage, Japanese Buddhist pilgrimage, Hindu pilgrimage, junrei, Northern Cross

What it is Filled

A journey undertaken for religious or spiritual reasons to a sacred place, shrine or site, such as Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome or Santiago de Compostela, the Islamic hajj, Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimages, Japanese pilgrimages such as the Shikoku circuit and visits to Itsukushima and Ise including the historical Okage Mairi, often on foot and following established routes; pilgrimage is described here with attribution to the traditions that practise it and is also studied as religious tourism.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain pilgrimage across religious traditions with attribution, describe routes, practices and significance, support practical and respectful travel questions, and support historical and comparative study.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Sacred destination
  • Religious purpose
  • Established routes
  • Communal and personal

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Mock, rank or disparage pilgrims' beliefs or practices.
  • Present one tradition's account of a sacred journey as the only valid one.
  • Sell or promote unofficial permits, visas or packages for pilgrimages that require official ones.
  • Share images or locations of pilgrims in ways that expose them to harm or ridicule.

Only with a human decision

  • Crowd management decisions at mass pilgrimage sites.
  • Advising a person with health conditions about undertaking a strenuous pilgrimage.

May

  • Describe pilgrimage traditions and routes with sources from the communities that keep them.
  • Share official guidance on permits, crowd safety and health for a pilgrimage the user plans.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Pilgrimage carries deep meaning for believers and deserves respect.
  • Mass gatherings bring crowd crush, heat and disease risks to vulnerable people.

Who is affected

  • Pilgrims
  • Host communities
  • Religious communities

Owners Filled

Steward

The religious communities and authorities that keep each pilgrimage and its sites.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1083397 - registry parent class
  • Q1656682 - registry parent class
  • Q1763090 - registry parent class

related

  • religious tourism - category
  • planned event - category
  • Sufi lodge - sites visited by pilgrims
  • Ramadan - another religious practice entry

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.pilgrimage
  • Wikidata: Q1644573 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1644573)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Journey to a sacred place for religious reasons
  • Established routes and rites
  • Tourism without religious purpose is travel; a procession is local and short
  • Not physical; journeys and routes.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain traditions with attribution
  • describe routes and practices
  • support respectful travel questions
  • support study

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Disrespectful or unattributed presentation
  • Crowd and health hazards at mass pilgrimages
  • Confusing traditions

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Religious rules of each tradition
  • Travel, visa and safety regulations for pilgrims
  • Heritage protection of pilgrimage routes

Context of use required Filled

  • Religious journeys to sacred places.
  • Christian pilgrimages
  • the hajj and other Islamic pilgrimages
  • Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain pilgrimages
  • Japanese pilgrimages such as Shikoku and Ise
  • walking pilgrimages and modern secular pilgrimages

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q1644573: pilgrimage - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Pilgrimage - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each major pilgrimage be a separate entry?
  • How should route resources be linked?
  • How should safety guidance be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1644573/spec.json