Transcript Haji Powerpoint

Starter: With your partner, write down 5 words to
describe your thoughts when looking at this place…
Have you made any journeys over the
half term?
What preparations had to be made?
Why take certain things?
What were your feelings before setting
out, during your journeys and on
arrival? - excitement, anticipation,
tiredness, & surprise.
People take journeys to special events. How do these journeys reflect
commitment, fervour & group spirit?
What feelings are evoked by a large crowd gathered for the same
purpose?
The
Hajj
The Islamic pilgrimage to
Makkah (Mecca)
Muslims go on a pilgrimage called the Hajj.
• Every year, over 1 million Muslims from all over the
world go to Makkah (or Mecca) - an important place
in Saudi Arabia.
Muslims have to prepare carefully for the
Hajj!
• Muslims must not owe anybody any money
when they go on the Hajj.
• This means they work very hard to save the
money.
• Some people are too ill to go, but they will pay
for someone to go for them.
They change their clothes and wear Ihram.
• Everyone must wear a
white cloth – this is so
all people are equal –
there is no difference
between the rich and
the poor.
What do they do there?
Pilgrims act out different parts of religious
stories.
One of the most important parts of the pilgrimage is to
walk in a circle around a black cube building – called
the Ka’bah. They do this at the beginning and at the
end of the pilgrimage.
It takes 5 or 6 days
to complete the
Hajj.
It is physically
very exhausting!
But they do it to
show their devotion
to Allah!
• Pilgrims feel elated when they have finished the
pilgrimage! Their families will celebrate their return.
• In some countries, the pilgrim will paint the outside
of their house with pictures of their pilgrimage.
• When the pilgrims return home they have a new
status:
– A man is now called a Hajji
– A woman is now called a Hajjah
Muslim
Hajj
Islam
pilgrim
Mecca
pilgrimage
Ka’bah
ihram
Allah
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