Pilgrimage and Political Economy by Simon Coleman John Eade

Author:Simon Coleman, John Eade [Simon Coleman, John Eade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785339431
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Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Published: 2018-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

Bosnian Croat Pilgrimage Places and Pilgrimage Capital

With these short descriptions I have tried to give some insight into possible readings of how varieties of pilgrimage potential might be used to create pilgrimage capital. Here we have rather different types of pilgrimage places: (1) Kondžilo – connected and framed by Bosnian Croat identity, return and survival; (2) St John from Podmilačje – a pilgrimage place with a long historical background, traceable to pre-Ottoman Bosnia, that still promotes narratives of sharing and coexistence; (3) Bobovac – a newly established pilgrimage place that has become an object of contestation. Pilgrimage capital in these three cases is differently constructed, deployed and recognized by different agents.

Pilgrimage capital at Kondžilo accrues mainly from the miraculous painting of the Madonna. Its symbolic meaning, narrative and historical journey are being developed into a powerful symbol that develops this pilgrimage and brings it to a whole different level, from local and regional importance to national and transnational importance. On the other hand, the St John of Podmilačje pilgrimage site has no religious object per se, and the spring that was one of the tangible sacred aspects of the pilgrimage has been reduced in importance, while another site has been developed – the reconstructed old medieval church. The church that did not physically exist a decade ago, and was previously part of a bigger church, is today one of the main pilgrimage resources at the St John of Podmilačje sanctuary. It represents a form of cultural and historical heritage, a continuation of Christianity in this region and the presence of Bosnian Croats. The second strong potentiality of Podmilačje resides in its name and what it represents. Without any sacred object or relic, apparition or some other miraculous event, this pilgrimage place has a narrative that functions as the main form of ‘pilgrimage capital’ that is being transformed and materialized in architecture, thereby making the pilgrimage place even more prominent.

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