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Thursday, March 4, 2010
KISWA: COVER OF KA'ABA SHARIF
This is a piece of the
kiswa
that once covered the Kaaba in Mecca. It was given to Japan after the 1970 Expo in Osaka. Verses from the Koran are embroidered on the heavy fabric in gold thread.
http://muslimcultures.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html
Kiswa Documentary
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