Thu, 2024-05-23 03:06
RIYADH: In keeping with the annual tradition, officials raised the lower part of the kiswa — the elaborately designed black cloth covering the Kaaba — in Makkah on Wednesday ahead of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.
As approved by the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, the exposed part was covered with a white cotton fabric, two-and-a-half meters wide and 54 meters long on all four sides, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Carrying out the procedure were 36 specialized technical personnel with the aid of 10 cranes.
![Security personnel secure the Kaaba on Wednesday as a special technical team prepare to raise the kiswa cover. (SPA)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2024/05/23/4377411-1155389964.jpg)
![Specialized technicians are seen at work at the Kaaba on Wednesday, raising the special cover to keep it from being soiled and damaged. (SPA)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2024/05/23/4377416-672968358.jpg)
![Technicians are seen at work at the Kaaba on Wednesday, raising the special cover to keep it from being soiled and damaged. (SPA)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2024/05/23/4377421-1168769975.jpg)
![Technicians are seen at work at the Kaaba on Wednesday, raising the special cover to keep it from being soiled and damaged. (SPA)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2024/05/23/4377436-1424327852.jpg)
![Technicians are seen at work at the Kaaba on Wednesday, raising the special cover to keep it from being soiled and damaged. (SPA)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2024/05/23/4377446-1678097500.jpg)
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