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Umroh - Makkah - 7

18 May 2013 - Mina

Duncan MacDonald  
Jakarta   19  June   2013   

      Between Arafat and Makkah lies the tented city called Mina. It is used to house most of the 2 + million pilgrims who take part in the annaul Haj. Twenty people are housed in each tent. There are 3 toilets for each tent.
      The pilgrims go to Mount Arafat, then back to Mina where they stone the Devil, with stones they collect from Arafat. They then proceed on to Makkah to perform the ceremonies at the Ka'ba and Sa-i.
      All this requires lot of buses.
      There have been many serious accidents during the Haj. On July 2 1990, a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel called Al-Ma'aisim, leading from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims. Many of them Malaysian, Indonesian and Pakistani.

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Mina
1: Some of the tents at Mina-enlarge
Mina
2: Mina - a few more tents-enlarge
Mina
3: Mina - still more tents -enlarge
Mina
4: Here' a few tents I missed-enlarge
Mina
5: Just in case you missed it, Mina has a few tents -enlarge
Al-Ma'aisim tunnel
6: Al-Ma'aisim tunnel, just right of the minarette-enlarge
Mina
7: Building at rear accomodates pilgrims 'stoning the Devil'. Due to time constraints we didn't go in, so the Devil can rest easy for another day.-enlarge
Mina
8: Just incase you missed it; there are a few tents at Mina enlarge
Makkah
9: Heading back to Makkah -enlarge
Makkah
10: Makkah - interesting architecture-enlarge
Makkah
11: Makkah - pink's popular-enlarge
Makkah
12: Makkah different angle-enlarge
Makkah
13: Wooden louvers cover Hilton hotel windows. Keep out the sun?-enlarge
Makkah
14: Downtown Makkah behind Hilton hotel-enlarge

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