Comment on The holy journey
Allero@lemmy.today 1 month agoEveryone talks about the drug part, but not the rest. So, filling in on this one.
The black thing right there is The Kaaba, the holiest place of Muslims. People on the background are completing Ṭawāf - holy pilgrimage to The Kaaba, which ends in going around it seven times in a counter -clockwise direction.
People there normally wear special clothes and chant holy phrases as they go around. For Muslims, it’s a very serious and spiritual event.
The dude poses in a way that says “hey, I’m gonna get spiritual with THIS” while completely disregarding every rule about being there.
(Muslims and other knowledgeable folks are welcome to correct me)
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Also this is what inside of Kaaba looks like if anyone was curious.
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_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For being a cube, it bothers me that it’s asymmetrical inside.
Allero@lemmy.today 1 month ago
It’s also not a cube!
It is 12x10,5x15 m.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
🤯
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was curious if there was anything inside it for at least a decade. I have no idea why I’ve never looked it up. I even subscribe to Wikipedia.
Thank you
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
damn, I didn’t even know there was an inside, ngl pretty damn cool
modus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The gift shop is just off-camera to the right. You can get Mohammed bobbleheads but they’re pretty marked up.
dan69@lemmy.world 1 month ago
?
wabasso@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Whoa, I didn’t know we’d be allowed to see inside.
…now I need to see inside the tomb.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Where’s the meteorite, is it in that box?