"Moved by Otis, Millions of Muslims Gather for Annual Saudi Pilgrimage."
Hartford Courant, uploaded by Stephen Singer, Hartford, 4 Sept. 2017,
www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-otis-mecca-20170831-story.html. Accessed 5
Nov. 2017.
Every year, an estimated three million Muslims assemble in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to worship
their annual religious pilgrimage. Mecca is known as the holiest place to worship, and is where as
many as 300,000 people are expected to cross over Jamaraat Bridge every hour. By doing so, they
are completing the ritual, "Stoning the Devil." Otis, the Farmington-based manufacturer of elevators
and escalators, is working to help Muslims making this journey through Mecca to navigate their way
during the week-long worshipping process called Hajj. The engineers and technicians associated
with Otis are working to provide Mecca's bridge with the proper structural and technological
updates and advancements to preserve the Jamaraat Bridge's culture, while making the journey
easier and more efficient in today's modern day and age. This video relates to information that we
covered in class during our Middle Eastern unit because we learned of the Hajj and how it is
Muslims' duty to travel to Mecca every year to worship the Kaaba and participate in this annual
religious pilgrimage.
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