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Essay Galaxy - The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca
The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca
Each year during the last month of the hirji (Islamic calendar), millions of Muslims from all over the globe make the pilgrimage to Mecca. The city of Mecca is the hierophany, or holy place, of all Muslims. According to the Qur'an and other sacred texts, Muslims have to make pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. The pilgrimage and the surrounding areas is a ritual lasting up to seven days which contains many detailed and symbolic events. The rituals performed in these events meet the purpose of the pilgrimage, which is the purification of the soul.
Getting ready for the pilgrimage, every person exchanges their regular every day clothes for a sacred white ihram. An ihram is white cloth (two pieces of cloth for men and one piece of cloth for women)....
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