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Performance of Tatbir in Iran.An image from Brooklyn Museum.The image is taken between 1876 and 1933. Tatbir, also called Zanjeer Zani or Qama Zani, [1] is practiced by some Shia Muslims on the day of Ashura on the 10 Muharram of the Islamic calendar and on the 40th day after Ashura, known as Arba'een (or Chehelom in Persian) by Twelver Shias around the world.
Tasu'a is the ninth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of Islam. [1] [2] Tasu'a is followed by Ashura, tenth of Muharram, which marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. [3]
Nakh-Gardani is the act of carrying Nakhl, sometimes by "several strong men", on the Day of Ashura, as if it is Imam Husyan's coffin. [6] The ritual, historically dating back to pre-Safavids (almost 450 years ago [7]), is carried out at various places in Iran. [9] People carrying the Nakhl on their shoulders are guided by the people standing on ...
Ashura is an Aramaic word meaning 'tenth'. [2] It may have also been derived from the Syriac words asiroya or asora. [3] It shares the same root as the Hebrew word 'āsōr. [4] In Arabic, Ashura refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of ...
Nowadays, most mourning rituals take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating with processions in major Shia cities on the tenth day, known as Ashura. Often held in dedicated buildings, the main component of mourning ceremonies is the recitation of Karbala narratives intended to raise the sympathy of audience and move them to tears.
As with other Shia rituals of Karbala, [31] the Arba'in pilgrimage was banned by Saddam Hussein, [32] who favored the Sunni minority in Iraq, [31] and viewed Shia rituals as a political threat. [32] The pilgrimage was revived immediately after his deposal in 2003 and that year's march to Karbala thus symbolized Shia defiance of Sunni regional ...
The Maui Invitational 2023 is set to take place from Monday through Wednesday at the Stan Sheriff Center, situated on the University of Hawaii at Mānoa campus in Honolulu.
In turn, Ashura is the death anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. [4] Husayn, alongside most of his male relatives and his small retinue, were killed on 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680 CE ) in the Battle of Karbala against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ( r.