Audrey Jolly
Communitas is a phenomena that is interesting to analyze. When speaking of pilgrimage, there is no social class or order, and sociology goes out the window. Everyone is equal, everyone is the same, and everyone goes through the same experience together, even though one individual's motives for taking a pilgrimage is different from the next individual. We cannot find this situation in the marketplace scenario; everyone has their own projects and motives, and they are focused on just that. But it is evident in the various videos on the Camino de Santiago that we've watched, that people have a special connection with each other when on a pilgrimage. This sense of community, hence "communitas," is a sort of social utopia, where everyone is free and equal without the restraints of social barriers. It is peaceful, it is tranquil, and it allows the pilgrims to focus on their journey, with the support of the other pilgrims around them.
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