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A Bangladeshi Shiite Muslim performs a fire-breathing act as he takes part in a religious procession during the Ashoura mourning period in Dhaka on Dec. 17, 2010. The religious festival of Ashoura, which includes a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, commemorates the seventh-century slaying of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein in Karbala.
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The top of a Ta'zieh is seen during a religious procession in the Ashoura mourning period in Dhaka, Dec. 17.
Looking at our photo database now, I'm seeing a lot of Ashoura-related images continuing to move. Read more on this incredibly visual religious festival HERE.
BEIRUT (AP) — Shiites across the Muslim world commemorated their most somber day of the year Thursday with solemn processions where some beat their chests or cut themselves with swords and chains to mourn the death some 1,300 years ago of one of their most beloved saints.
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