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  2. 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 ...

  3. Mourning of Muharram - Wikipedia

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    Mourning for Karbala began with its female survivors, particularly Husayn's sister Zaynab, and evolved over time into distinct rituals that help define the Shia identity. 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 ...

  4. Category:Mourning of Muharram - Wikipedia

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  5. Shia days of remembrance - Wikipedia

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    Mourning of Muharram starts: continues for 2 months and 8 days until the 8th of Rabi-al-awwal 2: M: Arrival of Husayn ibn Ali in Karbalā, 61 AH: 3: M: Water supply to the camp of Husayn ibn Ali was stopped: 7: M: Stored water in the tents of the camp of Husayn ibn Ali runs out: 9: M: Eve of Ashura: Called "Tāsūʿā" in Arabic 10: M: Day of ...

  6. Sham-i-Ghareban - Wikipedia

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    Sham-e-Ghariban (شام غریباں ) is a mourning night of Shi'Ites which is observed between 10th Muharram and 11th Muharram. The word Sham means night and Ghariban means poor or oppressed, thus this night remarks sacrifice and tolerance of the oppressed people of Ahlebait in Karbala. So, it is called Sham-e-Ghariban. [1]

  7. Ta'zieh - Wikipedia

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    Tabuik made from bamboo, rattan and paper is a local manifestation of the Remembrance of Muharram among the Minangkabau people in the coastal regions of West Sumatra, Indonesia, particularly in the city of Pariaman culminates with practice of throwing a tabuik into the sea has taken place every year in Pariaman on the 10th of Muharram since ...

  8. Latmiyas - Wikipedia

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    Latmiyas are a part of the Mourning of Muharram, which is a set of rituals commemorating the Battle of Karbala (AD 680/AH 61), and the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali (grandson of Muhammad) by the forces of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.

  9. Tasu'a - Wikipedia

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    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]