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Shiite Muslim devotees self-flagellate during Ashura rituals in New Delhi, India. - Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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 ...
Hussey, Ashura, Taziya, Tadjah: Observed by: Shi’a and some Sunni Muslim Indo-Caribbeans in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, and their diaspora: Significance: Commemoration of the Battle of Karbala, in which Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad was slain in 680 CE: Date: 1-10 Muharram [1] Frequency: Annually: Related to
The Evening of Ashura (Persian: عصر عاشورا) is a painting executed in 1976 by Iranian painter Mahmoud Farshchian. The central motif is the sadness and sorrow of Husayn ibn Ali’s family while crying around his horse which has returned without its rider. The horse's messy hair, even the shape of its eyes, the lowering of its head, and ...
Ashura demonstrations against the Pahlavids in Iran, 1978. Ashura is a day of mourning and grief for Shia Muslims. [20] [27] It was observed as such by their imams, [28] [29] [30] who also frequently encouraged the Shia community to follow suit. [31] For instance, a tradition attributed to the Shia imam Ali al-Rida (d.
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]
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