摘要：This paper highlights the historical evolution and transformation of Iranian pilgrimage rituals witha focus on the function, meaning, and form of the ritual of holy healing (rituals of the Hanifiyeh and the Shah-eShahidan shrines) in northern Iran in Gilan province. In order to achieve this goal, this paper describes a fieldworkstudy and analysis of the ritual in accordance with other similar rituals in Iran. The researchers take holy healinginto account as the key sign of spiritual power that acted against the hierarchy produced by Iranian Khans (literallylords). Key components of this ritual, such as the holy elements, are the topics under discussion in this analysis. Assuch, this paper argues that the ritual of pilgrimage should be taken as a critical response to Iranian Feudalism untilabout 1952, and then to this time as the space of equality and spiritual liminality.
