ANNUAL PROCESSION OF THE MANUNAL (HOLY CARPET) FROM THE CITADEL OF CAIRO TO MECCA [Main Title]

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  • Title: ANNUAL PROCESSION OF THE MANUNAL (HOLY CARPET) FROM THE CITADEL OF CAIRO TO MECCA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 36
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  • Summary: The procession of the Manunal leaving Cairo, August 1918.
  • Description: The Manunal was a covering mat or carpet for the Kaa'ba outside the Great Mosque at Mecca. Very highly decorated, a new one was made in Cairo each year and transported in ceremonial procession to Port Said, by ship to Jeddah, and on to Mecca. This film shows the start of the journey, with Egyptian troops and police lining the streets of Cairo through which the procession, led by a military band, passes. The procession pauses before a mosque to receive a blessing. The carpet itself, which must not be seen or touched, is enclosed in a large ornate box.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 36
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Jeapes, Harold (Production individual) Campbell, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: religion, Islam - ceremonial, Egyptian (object name) ceremonies, Egyptian - event-related: procession (Manunal) (object name) buildings, Egyptian - religious: mosque (object name) 31/3(621) (event) Egypt & Cairo (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 474 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 36

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