Everyone 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)
Everyone 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)
Also this is what the inside of Kaaba looks like in case anyone was curious.
It bothers me that it’s a cube and asymmetrical inside.
why is the door off center to the wall?! gah.
(and another thank you, never realized there was an inside you could go inside of, I always assumed it was a sealed tomb.
It’s also not a cube!
It is 12x10,5x15 m.
🤯
damn, I didn’t even know there was an inside, ngl pretty damn cool
The gift shop is just off-camera to the right. You can get Mohammed bobbleheads but they’re pretty marked up.
?
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
Whoa, I didn’t know we’d be allowed to see inside.
…now I need to see inside the tomb.