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Kaaba covered with pure silk that features Islamic calligraphy woven from gold and silver thread
Updated 58 min 40 sec ago
Tareq Al-Thaqafi
July 01, 2021 23:47
MAKKAH: A team of 40 specialists from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques took part in lifting the lower part of the Kiswa (Kaaba cover) by three meters and covering the exposed area with white cotton fabric in preparation for the Hajj season.
This yearly tradition is aimed at protecting the cloth from pilgrims as they perform tawaf and to preserve the silk threads from friction, with the lifting a symbol to start Hajj.