A Shiite man covered in mud uses his mobile phone during the Ashoura religious festival in Khorramabad, 305 miles southwest of Tehran on December 16, 2010.
Iranian man covered in mud commmemorates Ashoura
By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
Mourners cover themselves in mud to commemorate the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in the 7th century battle of Kerbala.