Rediscovering the Walisongo, Indonesia: A potential new destination for international pilgrimage

The current paper explores the tradition of Walisongo, the nine saints or nine friends of God, that according to tradition initiated the islamisation of Java in the XV and XVI centuries. Largely unknown outside of Indonesia, the Wali Songo pilgrimage remains unfamiliar in the archipelago as well. Be...

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Main Author: Fournié, Pierre (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2019]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 77-86
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Java / Islamization / Wali Sanga ca. 15./16. Jh. / Spiritual tourism / Tourismusmarketing
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B territorial developmen
B Pilgrimage
B Walisongo
B Religious Tourism
B Indonesia
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