15 Pilgrimage to Mount Bromo, Indonesia
15 Pilgrimage to Mount Bromo, Indonesia JAEYEON CHOE1* AND MICHAEL HITCHCOCK2 1Bournemouth University, UK; 2Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK Introduction on the cultural landscape of the region, but continue to have an enormous influence in the For millennia, people have travelled to religious daily life of the region’s residents (Citrinot, sites and events around the world. Religious tour- 2011, 2014; Choe and O’Regan, 2016). For ism, where people travel for either religious mo- example, religious sites such as Ankor Wat in tivations or to gaze at and learn about religious Cambodia, the Borobudur Temple in Indonesia, cultures and built environments, attracts thou- the Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary in Vietnam, the town sands of visitors a year to religious sites and of Luang Prabang in Laos, and baroque-style religiously themed festivals (Vukonic,́ 1996; churches and Moorish-style mosques and pal- Timothy and Olsen, 2006). The intersections aces in Malaysia, attest to the eclectic nature of between religion, spirituality and tourism, at religious sites in this area. In addition, religions least in the past couple of decades, has been an in this area have exerted a strong influence over area of interest among tourism and religious various art forms, culinary customs, and festi- studies scholars (e.g. Badone and Roseman, 2004; vals, such as the Balinese Hindu worship proces- Timothy and Olsen, 2006; Stausberg, 2011; sions in Indonesia, the Loy Krathong festival Norman, 2011; Olsen, 2015). However, there in Thailand, the Tamil Hindu celebration of seems to be a regionality in terms of the geo- Thaipusam in Malaysia, and the Hari Raya fes- graphical focus of these scholars.
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