The lower portion of the Kaaba covering was raised, tuesday, by approximately 3 meters. The raised part is covered with a white cotton fabric of about two meters from the four sides.
Social media platforms are bustling with the spread of a video which depicts lifting the lower curtain of the Ka’ba by three meters and draping the now bare sides with a two-meter wide white cotton cloth. This act is an annual procedure taken to ensure that the Ka’ba’s curtain is protected from those circulating it while completing their Hajj ritual.
فيديو | رفع ستار الكعبة عدة أمتار كما جرت العادة السنوية ، إستعداداً لموسم #الحج.
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Previousely, the Director-General of the King Abdul Aziz Complex for the Kaaba’s garment, Mohammed Bagoudaha, held a meeting to discuss the operational plan to raise the garment of the Kaaba.
Al-Riyadh newspaper quoted Bagoudaha as saying that: “This measure is a precaution to prevent any abuses. There are a large number of pilgrims who are keen to touch the garment of the Kaaba, which expose the garment to some damage.”
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He pointed out that some pilgrims cut out some parts of the garment of the Kaaba to use it as a mascot, which is of course, “pure superstition”.
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The curtain will resume its normal position one the Hajj season is over. As such, the Kaaba garment will be raised by 3 meters and the white cloth covering will be put on the 47 meters perimeter.
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