traditions are affected by the atmosphere of the lake, and today, which is the 9th of muharram, known as thaswa, a special morning gathering is held in the district. i'd like to take you there to introduce it to you. got off the boats, the people in this neighborhood also joined them, it's a large congregation and they're beating their chests and walk on streets towards the husseinia, the clergy that is common in kashmir. urdu is known as the language of islam in the subcontinent and the kashmir people eleges in that language, and a large part of the elegies in kashmir are recited in their own local language, namely kashmiri. the elegy you're hearing right now is an urdu and the morners will move towards the housenia. invited us to come inside the house, a large number of the morners are served in front of the house, but they're really kind to me and invited me inside, all right, you could take a look, this is the backyard, they prepared this place to host. and these are kashmiri cookies and this is kashmiri bread, they've ordered it specially for the morning ceremony, is the owner of the home