Kiswah

By Crusader1307

Comparable to The Western Funeral Pall (or Casket Covering), A Kiswah is a form of covering that is used to drape The Kaaaba (a form of Tabernacle) located in Mecca (Saudi Arabia). Placed entirely over the massive structure on the 9th day of The Hajj (or Pilgrimage) all Muslims must ''make'' at least once in their lifetime – the use of The Kiswah goes back to the. 6th Century AD. Replaced yearly, The Kiswah is made of 600, 14-foot pieces of blocked silk. Into this is embroidered roughly 15-tons of gold threading throughout). These threads forms various verses found in The Quran. In earlier times, used Kiswah were cut up and distributed to The ''Faithful'' (although this practice is no longer done).