#Badge

A pilgrimage badge is a piece of metal or paper endowed with disproportionate value as proof of wandering across distant holy sites. It is often collected more to satisfy display motives or vanity than genuine spiritual growth. By mythologizing the pain and hardship of the journey into a token, one conveniently locks away personal failures. It is the ultimate convenience item where tourist souvenir meets religious obligation. A testament to vows to God as much as to one’s own ego.