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    The Holy Carpet Parade, Cairo, Egypt

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    Author
    Singley, B.L. (Benjamin Lloyd)
    Date
    1899
    Abstract
    Columns of men on horses in line marching in the Holy Carpet Parade
    Description
    front:"9751-The Holy Carpet Parade, Cairo, Egypt" ; back: "The Kiswe (holy carpet) is prepared by a family in Cairo which maintains that right by inheritance. It is paid for by the Sultan. About the 23rd of the 10th month the caravan starts for Mecca on its pilgrimage to bring this carpet and put it over the Ka'ba, the cube form building over the black stone in the Sacred Mosque. The old covering is stripped off once a year and sold in bits to the pilgrims for charms. This departure of this caravan is the greatest event of the year in Cairo and the entire population turns out to witness it, and all strive to come to the front and touch it, which act will give them a blessing for their life time. We see only the escort composed of soldiers riding in front on horses. The people look back toward the carpet behind carried by a camel. A great number of pilgrims also on camels follow it. They expect to reach Mecca within two months, for the Great Festival."
    Citation
    Singley, B.L. (Benjamin Lloyd). "The Holy Carpet Parade, Cairo, Egypt." (1899) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/5546.
    Keyword
    Processions, Religious--Muslim (Islam)--Egypt--Cairo; Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Egypt--Cairo; Cairo (Egypt); Stereographs; Religion & Festivals
    Publisher
    Rice University
    Related Work(s)
    Forms part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)
    Related Work(s)
    Research module: Places in Egypt, https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109669
    Research module: History through the Stereoscope: Stereoscopy and Virtual Travel, https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109667
    Related Work(s)
    Part of Keystone View Company series: 9751.
    Citable link to this page
    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/5546
    Rights
    This material is in the public domain and may be freely used.
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