Muslim Pilgrimage in Southeastern Europe
Since the 1990s, a revival of largescale pilgrimage to old pilgrimage sites in southeastern Europe has taken place. Attracting increasing numbers of pilgrims, the practice of shrine visitation (ziyara) and promotion of saintly miracles play a role in constructing local and regional identities. Prominent examples include the Ajvatovica pilgrimage in Bosnia-Herzegovina and pilgrimages to sacred sites on Mount Tomor and Mount Kruja in Albania.
Ajvatovica Pilgrimage, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ethnographic fieldwork in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. March–May 2011 | Conducted within the framework of the research project ‘The Visual and Material Culture of Sufism in Central and Southeastern Europe’ | Outcome: conference paper and peer-reviewed book chapter
Tomor Pilgrimage, Albania
Ethnographic fieldwork in Albania. August 2019 | Outcome: 1 public talk and 1 peer-reviewed journal article [forthcoming]
Kruja Pilgrimage, Albania
Ethnographic fieldwork in Albania. March 2012 and August 2019 | Conducted within the framework of the research project ‘The Visual and Material Culture of Sufism in Central and Southeastern Europe’ | Outcome: 1 conference paper and 1 peer-reviewed journal article [forthcoming]