160 craftsmen and technicians replaced the old Kiswa (cover) of the holy Kaaba during a ceremony in Makkah on Saturday. The black silk that drapes the Kaaba is swapped every year on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah.
Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, the chief of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, supervised the ceremony.
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When pilgrims proceed to Mount Arafat to observe a significant ritual during the pilgrimage, the change takes place.
The deputy head of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Mansouri, stated that a new Kiswa has been placed on the holy Kaaba. There are four sides and a sitar used as a door in the new Kiswa.