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Kiswa being changed
The Saudi Gazette Published in The Saudi Gazette on 25 - 10 - 2012


This file photo shows the Kiswa, the black cover of the Ka'aba, being changed. Some 30 workers of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs will clothe the Ka'aba with a new cover made of pure silk at a cost of SR20 million after the dawn prayers Thursday. Traditionally, the Kiswa is changed on the day of Arafat.

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