this is azadi square, the most famous in tehran. these tiny black flags hanging around the tower are not there an ordinary time like of this, but now these small black flags are symbols. they are the signs of one of the most important morning ceremonies in iran. "i a filmmaker and you can only hear my voice. i am the narrator of documentary and this is azadi square. these days, all of us are grieving for the martterdom of noble man, imam hussain, the third shiha imam. he said once, if you have no faith, at least be a free man. our home is near azadi square. in persian, azadi means..." 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 and warm-hearted people who als 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 wind catchers are built the cold inside of the houses. this is datobot garden, home to some of the tallest wind catchers in the city. since the advent of islam, yaz has been known as doral ibade or the... place of worship, yazd means pure and

holy. it is named as the holy city or the land of god. first of all, i have to find hotel. i have plenty of time until tomorrow, which is a holiday. meanwhile, i can start seeing the sights. the hotel staff is shrouding the white columns with black cloth. before i go upstairs, at the entrance lobby, a man captures my attention. he is talking on the phone about the ashura sarah.

is very knowledgeable man, he has a phd in geotechnical engineering from a russian university, and another one architecture from an american university. he is also master's student in environmental design.

در مدینه منوره به دنیا اومدن و آقای عاشورا 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.

yes, from the university, i head to the grand mosk of yast, one of the most beautiful architectural constructions of the tamorian era. the building is one of the architectural masterpieces of the ninth lunar hijrah century. scaffolds have now been elected around the mosque in order to refurbish the building. the old janitor says the area spans 10,00 square meters. "the musk is famous for its wide dome, tall entrance, lauffy minarettes 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, ilma a lung specialist and lola, an ent specialist. amiga, somos médicos, las dos trabajamos en sevilla, en españa. bien, pues, eh, nos dijeron que había una ceremonia religiosa en esa ciudad conjuntamente que se llama la ceremonia asurá y que bueno, podía puede ser muy interesante conocerla, y hay mucha gente en españa que se preguntan cómo es esto, porque según parece es un eh, es similar nuestra semana santa, pero con otras características y bueno, pues están esperando cuando yo vuelva que les cuente cómo ha sido. y hemos tenido oportunidad de verla, nos ha sorprendido, nos ha resultado curiosa, es una ceremonia curiosa que creo que no vamos tener oportunidad de ver nunca más,

hear a charming alogy from handicraft store, the name of the store is khan, his son. said, the shop owner, is a morning ceremony held for imam hussain on his computer. he fights back his tears for a while, but very soon he gives up. korsheid, the son, is said's grander's name. he named his store after his grandmother and carved the emblem of the sun on all its handrafts. he says the old door lock, the lanterns are his favorites. although... i try hard to convince him to have an interview on imam hussain, he refuses to accept, saying he is too shy, but when i turn off the camera, he says, i hate lying. i love imam hussain because he never lied under any circumstances, and he only saw to get the

truth out. on his hard disk, he has lot of religious music from yaz. i give him my flash drive, and he copies some of the songs onto it for me. then buy a map of yaz from him, say he shows me the locations of the tasua and ashura ceremonies in the city, 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 take a look. we never get tired of looking at and buying iranian handicrafts. how about you? there is a mask named amir chahmar, one of the most beautiful in the whole country. it was built in the ninth lunar. century in 1935 it was registered as national treasure. next

to the musk there is nach, the oldest one in yes. it is 9 me high and 450 years old. like all other nachles, this one looks like a sitter as the symbol of freedom. it weighs around 4.5 tons and takes at least 150 people to lift it up. nachle is here only for public display and has not been lifted for years because of its old age and the...

حسین از من است و من از حسین این پیامیست که توسط پیامبر اکرم صلی الله علیه و آله گفته شده یعنی به قدر من به حسنم علاقه دارم که اگر کسی به من علاقه داشته باشه علاقه مند حسین هم هست و اگر کسی به حسین علاقه داشته باشه معلوم میشه

که به منم علاقه داره من سعی می کنم در مجلسی که نقل برداری تو یز هست شرکت داشته باشم و اون نقلی را که از مسیری عبور میکنه تشری کنم و احساس می کنم که کربلا بودم و در تشریح جنازه بزرگوار دین ممام حسین شرکت داشتم.

جلال حسین زاده هستم ساکن یزد ۷ ساله مشغول گلدوزی هستم اصلالتاً این کار گلدوزی مال مشهده منم تو مشهد. گرفتم و اینجا مشغول هستم و خادمی امام حسینی مشهرus city after it امام. کار اصلی ما بیرق و علم جلو هیئت و روکش نقل و بیشترم اسم یازهرا یا سیدالشهدا یا حسین

مظلوم و یا صار الله و یا ابوالفضل عباس و 72. being a 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 zorastrian fire temple in yazd. the

city's best confectionaries are the haji khalifa stores. the suites and of yast are widely popular in iran and are the main souvenires from the city. baghlava flavors of pistasio, almond and coconut or gottab cookies are really delicious. i'm a fan of freshly cooked gottabs myself. when you put it in your mouth, it just melts away on your tongue. balava were traditionally served at both celebrations and morning ceremonies in yes. during ash, you can see lot of people serving nogle or... sugar coated almonds among the more, the clock in my hotel room strikes 11, i lay my bed exhausted in our official calendar tasuan ashura 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 universal human movement. if the goals of

movement or truth and justice, it'll be supported and respected by everyone. حضرت اباعبدالله 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 بیتشا قربانی این مطلب کرد. it's the morning of chahua, the ninth day of muharram. all businesses are closed today, all the stores and tourist attractions are at down. today and tomorrow are highly important for all she is. they think doing business in these two days is insult. untasua everyone

grieves as if they've lost a loved one. a mysterious silence reigns supreme in the... city, these mut passages are reminiscent of those days, people hoist flags across the alleys, the flags bear the name of imam hussein, the other imams are sentences in their honor, they are mostly green, black or red, these are the three colors of muharram, red is the symbol blood, the blood bathh in karbala, 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, young people have written different things on the back windshields of their cars, mostly about the attributes of imam hussein and his family. مردم

با داشتن یک سری حاجاتی و با هدف اینکه اون خواسته ای نظر میکنن که اگر حاجاتشون برابرده شد نظرو ادا کنن و نظریو به این صورته که آش میپزن.

بعد که گندم شکفته شد خوب هم میزنن که قشنگ باز بشه بر هم بعد گوشت هوب مواد دیگهش اضافه بکنن و ۵۶ ساعت می زنن روش آتش باشه که کم کم جا بیفته و پخته بشه بعد که جا افتاد مثلاً ساعت چهار صبح ۵ صبح بین مردم توضیح می کنن و جا داریم که ۱۰۰ تا ۲۰۰ تا دیم مثلاً گذاشتن برای طبخ آش مردم نظم می کنن که به خواسته و

آرزوهاشون. که قبلاً مرحوم پدرون بوده که قبل از. او پدر او بوده یعنی پدر و اکنون این مدته که من افتخار نوکری سیدشه را دارم ما توی هست از اول محرم تازه محرم نظورات داریم خیلی.

some of the morning ceremonies are specific to yaz such as the nak lifting, but the rest that is the chest beating ceremony are conducted all over the country, in yez there are many morning groups called hat, each neighborhood having its own. narrates the tragedy everybody stops to listen, and when he sings the allegy, they accompany him by eating their chests or beating their shoulders with tiny chains in

sync with the rhythm. each head takes its turn entering through the main gate, and after it's performance it exists from another. the ladies usually sit around the hall or upstairs watching the ceremony, they sit in grief in sign of morning for their am.

they have passed down their unique ceremonies from generation to generation and our resolute to get the message of karbala across the generations to come. water ceremonies and traditions in dal the greating.

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