Mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. This ritual is still live in Iran and it started from 17th century. Even those who are not really religious they participate. In my childhood experience it has been a theatrical playground or a carnival which contain music, performance, certain colours, and certain food. European travellers wrote about violence of this ritual in 17th century in Isfahan.it's not violence in current in Iran as far as I know. However In 2009 this ritual turned to protest against government, which was followed by utmost violence of government against people. The shift from replicating war sense to actual war doesn't seem to be very surprising to me. Now we have two war sense to replicate in coming years! Here is a video:
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
military music and ritual in Tehran
Mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. This ritual is still live in Iran and it started from 17th century. Even those who are not really religious they participate. In my childhood experience it has been a theatrical playground or a carnival which contain music, performance, certain colours, and certain food. European travellers wrote about violence of this ritual in 17th century in Isfahan.it's not violence in current in Iran as far as I know. However In 2009 this ritual turned to protest against government, which was followed by utmost violence of government against people. The shift from replicating war sense to actual war doesn't seem to be very surprising to me. Now we have two war sense to replicate in coming years! Here is a video:
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