The last new material we had in class last week was about Graceland, and Elvis Presley. I was very surprised that Graceland had become a place for pilgrimage. Pilgrims would go there every year to worship Elvis. There have been cases in which pilgrims went to Graceland for healing and in some of those cases those pilgrims say that since coming back from Graceland, they have been feeling much better. The most part of the pilgrims go to Graceland in August and there is a big fiest over there also with singers that try to immitate Elvis.
In the article we read in class was stated that to Graceland go meny pilgrims but also many toursits as well. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish one from the other with just a first look, but by carefully studying them you will be able to see that the pilgrim goes to Graceland for spiritual and sacred reasons. The tourist goes there more to look around and have fun. This was a very interesting article that got me curios and I am currently planning a trip to Graceland to visit Elvis’s mansion.