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Ta'zieh [a] (Arabic: تعزية; Persian: تعزیه; Urdu: تعزیہ) means comfort, condolence, or expression of grief. It comes from the roots aza (عزو and عزى) which mean mourning. It commonly refers to passion plays about the Battle of Karbala and its prior and subsequent events.
Grief at the death of a loved one and weeping for the dead is normal and acceptable. [ 24 ] Sunni Islam expects expressions of grief to remain dignified, prohibiting loud wailing or mourning in a loud voice, shrieking, beating the chest and cheeks, tearing hair or clothes, breaking objects, scratching faces or speaking phrases that make a ...
Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person or other living thing to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.
Mourning is the emotional expression [2] in response to a major life event causing grief, especially loss. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] It typically occurs as a result of someone's death , especially a loved one. [ 3 ]
Professional mourning or paid mourning is an occupation that originates from Egyptian, Chinese, Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures. Professional mourners , also called moirologists [ 1 ] and mutes , are compensated to lament or deliver a eulogy and help comfort and entertain the grieving family.
Amid falling birth rates and growing numbers of U.S. adults opting to remain child-free, boomer and Generation X grandparents are mourning the prospect of ever becoming grandparents. However ...
Called "Shaam-e-Ghariba" in Persian and Urdu 12: M: Burial of the martyrs of Karbala by Bani Asad: Aided by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin according to mystic belief 17: R: Abraha attacked the Kaʿbah in the Year of the Elephant: 18: R: Changing of the Qibla: From Al-Aqsa to the Kaʿbah, 2 AH 20: M: 10th day after ʿĀshūrāʾ: 25: M
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).