is azai square, the most famous in tehran. these tiny black flags hanging around the tower are not there an ordinary times like this, but now these small black flags are of symbols. they are the signs of one of the most important morning ceremonies in iran. i of a filmmaker and you can only hear my voice, i am the narrator of the documentary and this is udy square. these days, all of us are grieving for the martterdom of noble man, imam hussain, the third shiah imam. he said once, if you have no faith, at least be a free man. our home is near azadi square. in prison, azadi means freedom. like many other young people, i write the imam's name on my car's rear. windshield. i'm heading to a city

lying 677 km from here. it's one of the most beautiful historical cities in the country, known for holding vigorous ceremonies for the imam every year. yast, a desert city in southeastern iran with very humble, warm-hearted people who also speak with a charming persian accent. it is the city of beautiful, tall wind catchers and the most important. mutbrick city in the world, the city of winds and wind catchers. wind catchers are in fact towers acting as ventilators. yazd has dry climate with very hot summers and the wind catchers are built to cool inside of the houses. this is dolatobat garden, home to some of the tallest wind catchers in the city. since the advent of islam, yes it has been known as doral ibade or the play of worship. yaz means pure and holy. it is named the holy city or the land of god. first of all, i have to find a

hotel. i have plenty of time until tomorrow, which is a holiday. while, i can start seeing the sites. the hotel staff is shrouding the white columns with black cloth. before i go upstairs, the entrance lobby, a man captures my attention. he is talking on the phone about the ashura ceremonies. i immediately strike a conversation with him when i ask him about imam hussain's personality.

می ذره هر روز داختر در حکومت های مختلف در شرایط اجتماعی سیاسی اقتصادی مختلف هیچ موقع مراسم عزاداری سید الشهدا افول نکرده همیشه با عروج و در حقیقت این در حال این کریز بوده پیام قیام کربلا سرلوحه آزادی و آزاد اندیشی بود و عدالت محوری و شیعیان با تاثیر به پیام هایی که از کربلا و از حادثه عاشورا دریافت کردن کمتر اسیر.

در دهم محرم سال ۶۱ هجری اتفاق افتاد بدن امام رو در همون سرزمین کربلا که منطقه در عراق به خاک سپردن الان هم زیارتگاه شیعیان هست. professor saber, after the death of muawiah, the first caalif of the omea dinasty, his son yazid became air to the throne and he became the muslim's cailif. since yazid was a corrupt and oppressive person.

masterpieces of the ninth lunar hijrah the building is one of the architectural century. scaffolds have now been elected around the mask in order to refurbish the building. the old janitor says the area spans 1000 square meters. the mask is famous for its wide dome, tall entrance, lofty minaret. and its unique and beautiful tiles. when i was filming the old gates of the mask, heard some people almost whispering in spanish. i was surprised. there was an iranian translator and two female spanish doctors, elma a lung specialist and lola an ent

specialist. mi amiga, somos médicos, las dos trabajamos en sevilla, en españa. bien, pues... nos dijeron que había una ceremonia religiosa en esa ciudad concretamente que se llama la ceremonia asura y que bueno podría puede ser muy interesante conocerla y hay mucha gente en españa que se preguntan cómo es esto porque según pareces es similar nuestra semana santa pero con otras características y bueno pues están esperando cuando yo vuelva que les cuente cómo ha sido esto y hemos tenido oportunidad de verla nos nos ha sorprendido nos ha resultado curiosa. una ceremonia curiosa que creo que no vamos a tener oportunidad de ver nunca más, when they start to leave, hear a charming allergy from

handicraft store, the name of the store is korshid khanum, miss son. said, the shop owner, is watching a morning ceremony hel imam hussain on his computer. he bites back his for a while, but very soon he gives up. hurshid, the son, is said's grandmother's name. he named his store after his grandmother and carved the emblem of the sun on all its handicrafts. he says the old doorlocks and the lanterns are his favorites. although i try hard to convince him to have an interview on imam hussein, he refuses to. except saying he is too shy, but when i turn off camera, he says, hate lying, i love imam hussein because he never lied under any circumstances and he only sought to get the truth out. on his hard disk he has lot of religious music from yast. give him my flash

drive and he copies some of the songs onto it for me. then i buy a map of yast from him. said shows me locations of the... yaz, they have photos of all the historical and tourist attractions of the province. said tells me amir shak square is close, so i go there on foot to show you, but what is nach? there is lot to say about that. in the same neighborhood. there are other handicraft stores that have really beautiful stuff. i like to stay longer to look. we never get

tired of looking at and buying iranian handicrafts. how about you? there is a mask named amir chakhmark, one of the most beautiful in the whole country. it was built in the ninth lunar hidra century. in 1935, it was registered as nation. treasure next to the mosk there is nach, the oldest wooden one and yet, it is 9 meters

high and 450 years old, this one looks like a ceder as a symbol of freedom, it weighs around 4.5 tons and takes at least 150 people to lift it up, the nach is here for public display and has not been lifted for years because of its old age and the likelihood of damage های is from germany and now studies persian at dehuda school in tehran. he's just arrived

from shiraz and takes tens of photos of amir chakhmak. i live in hamburg in germany and today i'm here in yaz, we're in the month of muharram and in the next two days we're going to have the vashura. the iranians have like this really really big and important holiday tomorrow and the day after. حسین از من است و من از حسین این پیامیست که توسط پیامبر اکرم صلی الله علیه و آله گفته شده یعنی به قدری من به حسینم علاقه دارم که اگر کسی به من علاقه داشته باشه علاقه مند حسین.

جلال حسین زاده هستم ساکن یزد ۷ ساله مشغول گلدوزی هستم اصلالتاً این کار گلدوزی مال مشهده منم تو مشهد یاد گرفتم و اینجا مشغول هستم و خادمی امام حسین نمی کنم.

jalal says, it's in years since i started writing the name of imam hussain, but i had been honored a pilgrimage to his shrin. i wish i could go to carbala as soon as possible and see the imam shrine from up close. این خیلی برای ما جالب بوده. مثلاً بعضی موقع ها از بس که نوشتیم یاران امام حسین دیگه ازبر شد. تو محرم سفر اینقدر فشار کاری زیاده که اصلاً ما گذره زمان احساس نمی کنیم. از صبح تا ساعت ۲ ۳ شب اصلاً زمان کی میگذره. being follower of imam hussein is national school of thought. during muharram, iranian armenians, christians, zorastrians and all other religious minorities, also more. this is the zorrastrian fire temple in yaz. the city's best confectionaries are the haji

khalif stores. the sweets and cookies of yast are widely pop in iran and are the... main souvenires from the city, baghlava with flavors of pistasio, almond and coconut for kuttap cookies are really delicious. i'm a fan of freshly cooked myself, when you put it in your mouth, it just melts away on your tongue. balavan gotta were traditionally served at both celebrations and morning ceremonies in yast. during asso, you can see lot of people serving noodle or sugar coated almonds among the morse. the... in my hotel room strikes 11, i lay on my bed exhausted in our official calendar tasua are public holidays i begin surfing the net for pictures the beautiful views in the city, commenting on imam hussein's uprising a website writes the imam's movement was not personal, it was a universal human movement. if the goals of movement are truth and justice, it'll be

supported and respected by everyone. حضرت ابوعبده به جایی رسیده بود که دیگه دو دنیا در مقابل عشق خدا در مقابل دفاع از حقیقت مطلق خدایی ارزشی براش نداشت و این است که با کمال افتخار با کمال بشاشیت با کمال قدرت و آگاهی خود اهل بیتشو قربانی این مکتب کرد. it's the morning of thaswa, the ninth day of moharam, all businesses are closed today, all the stores and tourist attractions are shut down, today and tomorrow are highly important for all shias, they think doing business in these two days is insult, tosua, everyone grieves

as if they've lost the loved one, mysterious silence reigns supreme in the city, these mud passages are reminiscent. of those days, people hoist flags across the alleys, the flags bear the name of imam hussin, the other imams are sentences in their honor, they are mostly green, black or red. these are the three colors of muharra. red is the symbol of blood, blood beath in kerala. green represents the nobility of the prophet muhammad's family. it's the color of the prophet and islam, and black, the color of grief, as it is in most other religions. people are preparing for today's morning ceremony.

گندم شکفته بشه بعد که گندم شکفته شد خوب هم میزنن که قشنگ باز بشه بر هم بعد گوشت و هوبات مواد دیگهشم کم بهش اضافه می کنن و ۵ ساعت می زنن روش آتش باشه که کم کم جا بیفته و پخته بشه بعد که جا افتاد مثلاً ساعت ۴ صبح ۵ صبح بین مردم توضیح می کنم و جا داریم که ۱۰۰ تا ۲۰۰ تا دیکم مثلاً گذاشتم برای طبخ.

که من افتخار نوکری سید وشهدا رو دارم ما توی هست از اول محرم تا ۱۳ محرم نظورات داریم محمد.

the people gather in the mosk or the morning place of their neighborhood a month before and rehearse the elogies and poems that they want to perform during tasua and ashhura. when they are prepared, they immediately stay in line for the main performance so that they can perform their ritual at the time set for them. if someone narrates the tragedy everybody stops to listen. and when he sinks the allegy, they accompany him by beating their chests or eating their shoulders with tiny chains in sink with the rhythm, each

hayat takes its turn entering through the main gate, and after it's performance it exits from another. the ladies usually surround the hall or upstairs watching the ceremony, they sit in grief in a sign of morning for their amam.

سخن مردم آشنا شدن با درد دل اونها بخشی از قضیه رو حل میکنه. کشور یک روز تحریم داره، یک روز زلزله داره، یک روز سیل داره، یک روز کرونا داره، کشور اقتصادش، زندگی مردم، سفره مردم نباید دچار آسیب بشه. president who changed the course of the iranian nation through his unwavering diligence and patience, 1ous days a president

they have passed down their unique ceremonies from generation to generation and our resolute to get the message of carter across the generations to come.

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