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January 29, 2007

PERCEPTIONS: centuries of grief

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Firoze Shakir. Muharram in Lucknow. Ya Sakina Ya Abbas.

"This is a chant that rips through the air on Aathvi after burying the Chup tazia, and along with Ya Hussain Ya Hussain the Azreens do an unforgettable Matam."

More on this particular series here.

Muharram in Karbala here.

FS has a unique, informative and broad ranging gallery of photographs here.

Posted by Sughra Raza at 02:50 AM | Permalink

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Muharram: Ashura Sadat e Amroha tradition
http://www.amroha.com/modules.php?name=Photographs&PhotoCategory=Muharram&PhotoAlbumName=10-Muharram-2005.html

Posted by: Maniza | Jan 29, 2007 11:16:10 AM

thank you for bringing me on this page, i have shut my moharam galleries , as i find my community , has yet to understand the meaning of tolerance , I was targeted by hadliners in Lucknow , as someone had hacked into my other sites posted dirty pictures.
i deleted all of 9000 blogs in a single night..
this is freedom of expression and an insult to my untainted beliefs of my faith in the ahle bait..

Posted by: firoze shakir | Feb 21, 2007 1:54:43 PM

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