Saudi Arabia — The five-day intensive Hajj rites for this year's holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia have begun with the arrival of pilgrims to the 'tent city' of Muna located at the Eastern side of Makkah from Monday morning.
The pilgrims who are expected to spend the day and night in Muna, being the first leg of the five-day exercise, will later depart to the plain of Arafat which holds tomorrow morning.
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