A short stint in Saudi (and QR Doha Stopover)

[Pushka]

That mosque is breathtaking.

 

[VPS]

Great photos of the mosque.

Do you know the significance of the yellow burqas - at least I think that's what they are

 

[OZDUCK]

Your trip to the mosque was fascinating. The videos & photos brought out the atmosphere extremely well.

 

[RooFlyer]

Great photos of the mosque.

Do you know the significance of the yellow burqas - at least I think that's what they are

Not burqas - I thing the term is khimar. Thanks for asking - made me look it up. African Muslim women tend to dress in more vibrant colours, so I'd guess they were from a particular community somewhere in Africa.

Many of the groups of pilgrims had distinctive coloured jackets, khimars, sashes or vests, usually with a travel group name on it and phone numbers - like the Uzbeks and the Kyrgies photographed before. Phone numbers aside, given the crush of people at the mosques, and the similarity of many, a group colour would help each keep track of the group. Here, yellows (not the same as the others), blues and whites.



A few greens and blues here