Kora is a transliteration of a Tibetan word that means “circumambulation” or “revolution”. Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist or Bon traditions. A Kora is performed by the practitioner making a circumambulation around a sacred site or object, typically as a constituent part of a pilgrimage, ceremony, celebration or ritual. In broader terms, it is a term that is often used to refer to the entire pilgrimage experience in the Tibetan regions
In Tibet, pilgrimage is a complete cultural phenomenon, with religious, social, political, economic, literary, and today ecological elements. Tibetan pilgrimage experienced a revival in the 1980s, when a certain degree of religious liberalization occurred.
