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Ashura is famous for the people practising self-flagellation but Ashura is more than that. For the Shia people, the Day of Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram and commemorates the killing of Hussein and his 72 relatives by the Umayyad caliphate in Karbala, Iraq. In Iran, this is the time for unique celebrations all over the country.
Along the 40 stops, houses called Sagha Khaneh have been decorated to receive the visit of the mourners. This woman is walking around while carrying a baby doll representing Ali Asghar (Hussein’s young son who was killed in Karbala) because she does not have any children yet. She made the wish to have one soon.