SAUDI ARABIA: Pilgrims to Mecca conduct one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage -- a circumambulation around the Kaaba, the most sacred site in Islam

Record ID: 188816

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Pilgrims to Mecca conduct one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage -- a circumambulation around the Kaaba, the most sacred site in Islam
  • Date: 28th October 2011
  • Summary: MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 27, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS AFTER MIDNIGHT OUTSIDE THE GRAND MOSQUE IN MECCA GRAND MOSQUE MINARETS SIGN READING IN ARABIC: 'THE BEGINNING AND END OF TAWAF-CIRCUMAMBULATION' VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS CIRCUMAMBULATING TIMES AROUND THE KAABA SIGN READING IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH 'TO MASSA - WALK BETWEEN THE SAFA AND MARWA' PILGRIMS WALKING AT THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE GRAND MOSQUE A PILGRIM READING AND PILGRIMS REPEATING AFTER HIM VARIOUS OF SYRIAN PILGRIMS FROM DARA CITY WALKING WITH LOGO ON BACK OF PILGRIM READING IN ARABIC: 'SYRIA-DARA' SIGN READING IN ARABIC, ENGLISH AND URDU LANGUAGES '(ZAMZAM) THE HOLY ZAMZAM WATER' VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS DRINKING ZAMZAM WATER PILGRIMS RUNNING AND CALLING ON GOD AT MASSA VARIOUS OF TURKISH PILGRIMS WALKING, THEN RUNNING, CALLING ON GOD IN ARABIC AND THEN TURKISH PILGRIMS WALKING VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS CUTTING EACH OTHER'S HAIR AS SYMBOL OF 'ENDING OF THE DEEDS' PILGRIMS' CIRCUMAMBULATION AROUND KAABA PILGRIMS ON WHEELCHAIRS AT THE TOP FLOOR OF THE GRAND MOSQUE WITH THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CLOCK TOWER
  • Embargoed: 12th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA6IE34GUC0POAN88S6568BZ00F
  • Story Text: Pilgrims began arriving for the Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca in Saudia Arabia on Thursday (October 27).
    The Hajj, whose observance dates according to the Muslim calendar, is expected to peak in the first or second week of November.
    The Hajj is essentially a series of rites performed in and near Mecca, the holiest of the three holy cities of Islam - Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. As one of the five pillars of Islam all believers, if they are financially and physically able, must make this Pilgrimage at least once in their life.
    The Hajj must be made between the eighth and the 13th days of the 12th month (called Dhu al-Hijjah) of the Muslim lunar year.
    During Hajj, Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, the most sacred site in Islam, seven times in a counterclockwise direction.
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