Kiswa has been produced from around 1,000kg of raw silk, dyed black,120kg of gold thread, and 100kg of silver thread, reported in The International News.
The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has lodged a new exterior, known as the “Kiswa”, at the Kaaba.
“A group from the King Abdulaziz Complex for Holy Kaaba Kiswa, including 159 craftsmen, bringing out the alternate at the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah,” the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The employees disseminated around the sides and roof of the holy Kaaba according to their professions, starting by disassembling the old Kiswa and establishing the new one, then setting it at the corners and on the roof of the Kaaba.
The Kiswa, weighing 1,350 kilograms and getting a height of 14 meters, includes four different committees and a door curtain.
Each side of the holy Kaaba was separately introduced to the top of the Kaaba in practice for developing it over the old surface.
The side was connected at the top by tying it, then slumped once the ropes of the old Kiswa were untied.
The new side was extended and reduced in a constant movement while the old Kiswa was decreased from the bottom, setting the new side in place.
This methodology was replicated for each of the four sides until the Kiswa’s induction was completed.
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Eventually, the belt was aligned directly along all four sides and stitched into place.
“After confirming all the sides, the corners were stitched from the top of the Kiswa to the bottom,” the SPA reported.
Once this was finished, the curtain was set in place, which directed time and accuracy. A cut was made in the black fabric to correspond to the size of the curtain, approximately 3.33 meters wide and 6.35 meters lengthy.
Then, three openings were assembled in the black fabric to secure the curtain from underneath. Eventually, the borders were stitched into the black fabric on the Kiswa.
The Kiswa finishes approximately 1,000 kilograms of raw silk, dyed black within the complex, 120 kilograms of gold threads, and 100 kilograms of silver threads.
As for the Kiswa’s belt, it contains 16 pieces, along with seven pieces below the belt.
Published in The International News
