The brand new Kaaba Kiswah ceremony might be held on the primary evening of Muharram tomorrow

It has turn out to be customary to vary the kiswah or the material that covers the Kaaba each time the Islamic New Yr or the start of Muharram. This yr, a brand new kiswah ceremony might be held tomorrow night.

“The brand new Kiswah (Kaaba ghilaf) ceremony was held on Saturday, July 6 after Isha prayers,” the publish wrote. X Contained in the Haramain as talked about, Friday (5/7/2024).

Reported by Saudi Arabia information company, SPAkiswah substitute course of might be dealt with by 159 technicians and artisans.

The technicians will take away the outdated kiswah and change it with a brand new one. This was executed by spreading 4 completely different features of the brand new Kiswah over the outdated Kiswah.

After that, the brand new kiswah will begin to be put in from the highest of the Kaaba by tying it from the underside. On the similar time, the outdated kiswah string might be untied.

The official will pull the brand new kiswah up and down whereas slowly eradicating the outdated kiswah. The method is repeated 4 instances for either side till the brand new kiswah is completely inserted.

The brand new kiswah fabric consists of 4 completely different sides with door curtains.

The brand new kiswa consists of about 1,000 kilograms of pure silk dyed black, 120 kilograms of gold wire and 100 kilograms of silver wire.

The kiswah is 14 meters excessive and within the third half there’s a belt 95 centimeters large and 47 meters lengthy. The Kiswah consists of 16 Islamic ornaments in a sq. form.

Relating to the method of creating the brand new kiswah, the King Abdul Aziz Advanced employs greater than 200 craftsmen and directors. The departments are recognized for dyeing, automated weaving, hand weaving, printing, rope making, gold plating, in addition to stitching new kiswahs yearly.

The stitching technique of the brand new kiswah makes use of the biggest stitching machine on the earth with a size of 16 meters utilizing a computerized system.

Earlier than the annual kiswah change, a brand new kiswah dealing with ceremony was held final month. On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Deputy Emir of Makkah and Deputy Chairman of the Central Hajj Committee Prince Saud bin Mishal offered the brand new kiswah to the Deputy Chief Custodian of the Kaaba Abdul Malik Al-Shaibi on 18 June 2024.

(rah/kri)