No Vietnamese, Koreans or Japanese in Hajj to Mecca.

No Vietnamese, Koreans or Japanese in Hajj to Mecca.

Very unfortunate. You could see all other nationalities but no Vietnamese, Koreans or Japanese.

"The number of pilgrims arriving from abroad has reached 1.575 million by Saturday evening," SPA state news agency reported.

Saudi Minister of Hajj Fuad al-Farsi said a total of some 1.8 million Muslims were expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj this year, in addition to between 700,000 and 800,000 pilgrims from within the kingdom, according to local press.

Hajj rituals will begin on Friday, the eighth day in the Muslim lunar calendar month of Dhul hijjah, or the month of hajj.

The pilgrimage will peak on Saturday as the faithful gather in the plain of Mount Arafat, outside Mecca in the western region of the desert kingdom.

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam which every capable Muslim should perform at least once.

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