After the wind and rain .. Kaaba supervising its new

The Ka'bah, the new Kaaba, took off on Monday morning, which falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, following the custom every year. The old Kaaba is replaced by a new one made from pure silk in the Kaaba.

The strong winds accompanied by heavy rain last night on the Grand Mosque and Mina and Arafat, and removed part of the curtain of the Kaaba in a rare scene has followed the pioneers of social networking sites on a large scale.

The footage was broadcast by the Saudi media this morning the employees of the General Presidency for the Holy Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque and the plant of the Kaaba, they are in the process of replacing the cladding.

The imitation of cladding takes place at the beginning of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah every year, where the large dam of the Kaaba is handed over to the new house, so that at the dawn of the ninth of the same month the old cladding is removed and replaced with the new one.

It was customary to raise the lower part of the Kaaba, the honorable dress when it was cut on the day of Arafa, and this part remains until the departure of the pilgrims.

The total cost of the Kaaba is 22 million riyals (about $ 6 million) and is made from pure natural silk, which is dyed in black.

The cladding consumes about 700 kilograms of raw silk, which is dyed in the Kaaba cladding plant in black, and 120 kilograms of silver and gold wire.

The height of the cladding is 14 meters, and in the upper third of which a belt width of 95 centimeters and a length of 47 meters, consisting of 16 pieces surrounded by a square of Islamic decorations.

Under the belt there are written Quranic verses, each in a separate frame, and there are in the intervals between them the shape of a lantern written on it Ya Ya Qayyum, O Rahman O Rahim, Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.

The cladding includes the curtain of the door of the Kaaba, which is called the burqa, which is six and a half meters high, with a width of three and a half meters. It contains Qur'anic verses surrounded by Islamic motifs.