The Role of Pilgrimage in Introducing Iranian Culture

As the research speaks about the pilgrimage to the Holy city Mashhad it shows the pilgrims do visit the city from all over the world and more over this pilgrimage is been undertaken mostly by the 'Shiite' Muslims .Thus, it deals as the research speaks about the pilgrimage to the Holy City Mashhad, it mostly with communication and not about the nationality-particularly. The Holy City will be acting as the Host for the pilgrims from other countries. So, it is normal to have a great expectation regarding all the aspects. Though the host city is fully responsible for providing all in a fully fledged way to the pilgrims, there is some cooperation from the pilgrims' side is also duly expected to fulfill the needs from both the sides. From their side, the pilgrims before undertaking the pilgrimage they (55.8%) start gathering reliable information about the trip to Mashhad Moghaddas from their relatives and their close friends. For proceeding further, the most pilgrims (92.8%) collect the required information for undertaking the pilgrimage. Nowadays, the pilgrimage has become much easier, faster but on the other hand it has become quite expensive, sometimes it becomes unaffordable.

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Dr. Hossein Hosseinnezhad Momrabadi was born in Kashmar city in 1968. He graduated in anthropology from Teheran (Iran) University. The author passed his Ph.D in Pune University (India, 2012). He has written several books and articles and as assistance professor is working in Payame Noor University. Several M.A students are under his supervision.