Duncan MacDonald
Jakarta 19 June 2013
A final visit to the Ka'ba before travelling to Madinah. Shinta & I completed a further seven cirles of the Ka'ba. Shinta & most of the group then made their way through the throng to kiss the Ka'ba.
I declined on the basis I did not want to kiss anything that had been kissed by a couple of million other people in the last few of weeks, let alone expose myself to corona virus. So I sat on the edge of the mosque & took the photos below.
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10: This pilgrim has an orange beard. I noticed a number of men & some women with orange hair/beards. I'm advised it means; i) He/she has been on haj before; ii) it is a custom in some areas of Pakistan; iii) our Guide Abdullah said 'Muslims are only allowed to use Henna if they wish to thicken their hair' - I'll run with that. Of course I could have just asked the pilgrim. -enlarge
