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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.
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 ...
10 Muharram (Ashura): The Battle of Karbala was fought on this day in 680. Husayn and most of his male relatives and his small retinue were slaughtered by the Umayyad army by the end of the day. After the battle, the women and children in Husayn's camp were taken prisoner and marched to the Umayyad capital Damascus in Syria .
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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 ...
Bibi-Ka-Alam or Bibi-Ka-Alawa is an annual procession during Muharram.Bibi-ka-Alam, installed in the name of Imam Hussain, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, at the Bibi ka Alawa at Dabirpura, [1] Old City (Hyderabad, India) on the 10th day following Moharram. [2]
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).