Taziyeh Performance Held in Karbala Ahead of Hazrat Zahra (SA) Martyrdom Anniversary
Taziyeh is a kind of passion play mostly telling the story of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in the 680 AD Battle of Karbala but also about the life and martyrdom of other Infallibles (AS).
The Bain-ul-Haramain (an area between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS) in Karbala) hosted the performance.
It was organized by a street theater group from the southern Iraqi province of Basra, according to al-Kafeel website.
A large number of pilgrims visiting the holy shrines gathered at Bain-ul-Haramain to watch the performance.
Afterwards, a group of Maddahs (elegists) recited elegies mourning the martyrdom of Hazrat Zahra (SA).
Shia Muslims and others in different parts of the world hold ceremonies every year on the first days of the month of Jumada al-Thani in the lunar Hijri calendar to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Zahra (SA).
