Moslem man just returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936Pickens, Claude L., 1900-19851936Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.One of the five pillars of Islam is the pilgrimage to Mecca. This important Moselm community of Southern Ningsia around Weichow has fifty Hajjis, or returned pilgrims. This man returned three days before the picture was taken. The tarboosh from Turkey was his pride and joy. There was warmth in his greeting of another traveler from afar.still image