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This chapter looks at how modern developments have made the pilgrimage more accessible and given rise to a new cohort of ‘pensioner pilgrims’ who make numerous circuits, often sleeping in customised cars and supported by their pensions. The chapter also looks at other developments that encourage repeated performance, from status symbols that indicate one has done 100 pilgrimages, to a ranking system among pilgrims. It explores themes of status and examines how every pilgrim can determine their own ways of performance and thereby create a sense of personalised autonomy and authority. The chapter also indicates how issues of competition also play a part in this process. It introduces various pilgrims met during fieldwork, showing why and how they perform numerous pilgrimages in Shikoku and how they talk about addiction, ‘Shikoku illness’, and faith. |
