Elvis Religion

At first I thought maybe Elvis religion was an actual religion, but after reviewing it in our group and as a whole class I am sure it not a religion but in fact a pilgrimage. Yes it does have some aspects of the Turner and Eliade model but it does not meet enough of the requirements that we said a religion has to have. There is just not enough to the trip to Graceland and what people do there to make it a religion. It is a ritual that they only do once in their life or once every year, and after leaving Graceland most people probably do not practice anything to do with Elvis again except maybe play his music every once in a while. I am on board though to say that this is a pilgrimage.