In all kinds of pilgrimages, people may reach out to others, hold hands, pray or sing together, connecting collectively with one another and with the spirit of the site. People have a sense of shared unity in these shared experiences. Sometimes traveling pilgrims sing the stories of the events and images as they walk together. Sometimes in these group pilgrimages the images themselves are carried in procession by the pilgrims, connecting bodily with the image of the god or saint being honored.
— Jean Dalby, Wallace Clift, The Archetype of Pilgrimage by Jean Dalby Clift, Wallace B. Clift