Sacred Journeys

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:9Last episode broadcasted:12/30/2014 at 7:45AM
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Kumbh Mela

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Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity for religious purposes on the planet. Pilgrims come ...
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Osun-Osogbo

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The festival of Osun-Osgobo, which takes place every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the Yoruba goddess of fertility, Osun. The festival renews the contract between humans and the divine: Osun offers grace to the community; in return, it vows to...
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The Hajj

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One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in today's Saudi Arabia. The journey recreates Muhammad's ...
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Jerusalem

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The Hebrew Bible instructs all Jews to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem three times a year. But the city is holy to more than just Jews: Christian pilgrims began coming to Jerusalem and the Holy Land within centuries of Jesus' death, and the Al Aksa M...
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Shikoku

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The Japanese island of Shikoku is the birthplace of the most revered figure in Japanese Buddhism, the monk and teacher Kobo-Daishi. For hundreds of years, a 750-mile pilgrimage route has circled this mountainous island, connecting 88 separate temple...
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01:36Kumbh Mela (Preview)12/30/2014
01:35The Hajj (Preview)12/23/2014
04:08Series Preview: Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler12/16/2014
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