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Large crowd of people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, participates in a Muharram procession, with many holding red and green flags and banners along a city street. Shi'i Muslim men wearing red headbands and black clothing sit and weep during an Ashura mourning procession in Beirut, Lebanon. Muslim Shiʿi children dressed as angels with colorful wings perform in an Ashura passion play outdoors near Kashan, Iran, with spectators and red flags in the background. A group of Shiʿi Muslim men dressed in black participate in mourning rituals, raising their hands over their heads during a remembrance ceremony for Imam Ḥusayn. A group of Shiʿi Muslim men in red vests and headbands participate in an Ashura procession, marching in formation outdoors in Dearborn, Michigan. Crowd gathers at night around an illuminated, ornate tazia replica during the Muharram procession in Junagadh, Gujarat, India.
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Shiʿi Muslims congregating during Ashura
A mass procession of Shiʿi Muslims parading through the streets to commemorate the...
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Mourning Ḥusayn's martyrdom
Shiʿi Muslims crying as they take part in a mourning procession marking the day of...
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Staging martyrdom for Ashura
Shiʿi children dressed as angels performing in a taʿziyyah (passion play)...
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Muslims mourning during Ashura
Shiʿi Muslims commemorating the martyrdom of Ḥusayn on the holy day of Ashura.
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Ashura procession mourning the martyrdom Ḥusayn
Shiʿi Muslims observing Ashura in Dearborn, Michigan, October 1, 2017.
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Following a tazia at Ashura
A representation of Ḥusayn's tomb, called a tazia in South Asia, being carried...
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