230 Haj Pilgrims Leave For Holy Land
Story and photos by Azaraimy HH

Bandar Seri Begawan – More than 230 Haj pilgrims travelling under the Darussalam Holding Haj Package, including medical officers, left for Medinah yesterday.

The pilgrims took the second of the first direct flights from Brunei to Medinah for this Haj season.

It was the fourth batch of Haj pilgrims out of the total of more than 1,100 pilgrims registered to perform their Haj.

Some 700 Brunei pilgrims, who are taking their flights under Darussalam Holdings Package, will be directly flown by Royal Brunei Airlines to Medinah.

Haj pilgrims have been reminded to bring along warm clothing due to the colder weather in Medinah.

The new direct flights to Medinah have significantly reduced flying time.

Others will disembark at Jeddah Airport from where they will be taken by buses to Medinah Al-Munawarah, a journey that takes about nine hours.

Hundreds of family members packed the Brunei International Airport two hours before departure to say goodbye to their loved ones, who were about to perform one of the five pillars of Islam. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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