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  2. Mourning of Muharram - Wikipedia

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    Mourning of Muharram (Arabic: عزاء محرم, romanized: ʿAzāʾ Muḥarram; Persian: عزاداری محرم, romanized: ʿAzādārī-i Muḥarram) is a set of religious rituals observed by Shia Muslims during the month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

  3. Muharram - Wikipedia

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    1 Muharram: Death of Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) by injuries from the attack of Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz. [28] Sunnis carry rallies on 1 Muharram to commemorate Umar. [29] 2–10 Muharram: Most mourning rituals for Karbala take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on the tenth with processions in major Shia cities. [30 ...

  4. Dammam (drum) - Wikipedia

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    In India, the Shia events in the month of Muharram are not only maintained by the Shia community and some have the character of a public festival. Since at least the mid-19th century, Indian Muslims have used the flat kettle drum tasa and the large two-skinned tubular drum dhol as a pair of drums in the mourning ritual on Muharram (in India ...

  5. Tatbir - Wikipedia

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    Tatbir (Arabic: تطبير, romanized: Taṭbīr) is a form of self-flagellation rituals practiced by some Shia Muslims in commemoration of the killing of Husayn ibn Ali and his partisans in the Battle of Karbala by forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683). The ritual is practiced in the Islamic month of Muharram, usually on ...

  6. Non-Shia Practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the Diaspora

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    The journal Asian Ethnography published a review by Karen G. Ruffle which laments the lack of a concluding essay, but praises the book for providing "compelling material, ritual, and documentary evidence of how the Muharram ritual complex has taken “on new shapes and guises” outside of South Asia and has become an integral part of non-Shi ...

  7. Ashura - Wikipedia

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    Most rituals take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on Ashura with processions in major Shia cities. [ 30 ] [ 46 ] The main component of ritual ceremonies ( majalis , sg. majlis ) is the narration of the stories of Karbala ( rawza-khwani , qiraya ), [ 47 ] [ 30 ] [ 27 ] and the recitation of elegies and dirges ( nawha ...

  8. 30 Muharram Quotes and Wishes to Share With Others - AOL

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    For family members, friends, co-workers, or loved ones celebrating Muharram, here are Muharram 2024 wishes and messages to share in honor of the Islamic New Year: Wishing you a blessed Islamic year!

  9. Latmiyas - Wikipedia

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    A latmiyat ( لطميات . ) is a Muharram ritual expressing grief through poetry with thumping of the chest, usually done by Shia muslims.While it is known as latmiya, latmaya, or latmia in Arabia-Persian countries, it is known in India and Pakistan as matam or matam-dari/sina zani (chest beating).