The month of moharram has come. A month of mourning for the third Shia Imam Hossein and his family cruelly
killed in Karbala on the day of Ashura. I won`t go into details about his life
and this particular event. I`d rather tell you how Tehran (and I`d say the
whole Iran) changes when the holy month of moharram comes.
Streets of Tehran which are always full of people wearing
black clothes, but during moharram (and especially first 10 days that precede the day of Ashura) their amount doubles. Most of them are religious young men, small businesses`
owners, shopkeepers who`d like to share their grief and feel themselves a part of the community.
All over the city black-and-green flags with the words of
mourning are run up. Passing by some small shops you can hear so-called “nouheh”
(rhythmic mourning speeches which are sometimes poems and really sound like
songs) about Imam Hossein and the tragedy. Some even use it as a ringtone!
Iranians produce a great amount of moharram-related products
like black-and-green flags, banners with the messages of grief addressed to
Imam Hossein, huge speakers (which are used to broadcast nouheh), black
T-shirts with some writings about Imam Hossein or just simple black clothing and
lots of other stuff.
Read more on moharram in Tehran next time!
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