Ritual flagellation procession on Ashura Day in Pasdaran - Iran Tehran 16 Dec. 2010

The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram.

It is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 2, 680 CE).

People mourn the fact that they were not present at the battle to fight and save Husayn and his family.

While Ashura is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year due to differences between the two calendars, since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar.

Furthermore, the method used to determine when each Islamic month begins varies from country to country.

Day of Ashura - 2010 December 16, in Middle East and Iran.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Ashura

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[lovevisionbr]

ya hussain ya hussain

[karz12]

Pirouz Nahavandi

[DokhtariAzKavir1]

DEGHAT KONID FAGHAT BACHEYE BASIJIHA MARASEM DARAN BABAO NANEHASHON TO KHIYABON MONTAZERE TAZAHORATE MARDOMAN

[bennyvanilly]

hossein o koshtan! khub kardan! dande hameye arabha o mosalmun ha narm!

[trinityloren43]

Death to the terrorist, anti Iranian, murderer government of Iran. No dictator has lasted long. What goes up, will come down & it'll come down very hard. Pirooz Baad Iran Va Irani.

[tamar807]

thanks for explation of the Ashura, but the mourining is hard, how they hit themselves