The Queue - is it a micro pilgrimage?
First of all, what is a pilgrimage? Pilgrimage - Wikipedia defines it as "...a journey, often into a unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life." We know that people are joining the queue to see the coffin of the Queen for many reasons and some have come from other countries. ( Source ) The Queue or #thequeue is a temporary pilgrimage of between 6.9 miles between Southwark Park and Westminster Hall with a three mile zig-zagging park in the park. The location of importance in the hall is the body of Queen Elizabeth the Second. ( Source ) It is interesting to note that the author of a paper " Pilgrims or Tourists ", the Christian Priest Frank Fahey states that "a pilgrim is always in danger of becoming a tourist" and vice versa. He identifies that...