A sacred march: commemorating karbala through ritual

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People take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram at Hosne Dalani in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
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  • The streets of Dhaka reverberates with chants of grief and unity. The rituals, passed down through generations, transformed public spaces into moving theater of historical memory, where pain becomes prayer and sacrifice becomes identity.
People mourn during the ritual to commemorate Ashura on the Islamic month of Muharram at Hosne Dalani in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
Women take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
A boy holds her mother while taking part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
People take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
People take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
A boy receives blessing from a riderless decorated horse which is a central figure in mourning processions of Ashura in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
Shiite Muslim men participate in Ashura self-flagellation ritual in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us–Salehin/TIMES
A women mourns during the ritual to commemorate Ashura on the Islamic month of Muharram at Hosne Dalani in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
People take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
People take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
People receives blessing rom a riderless decorated horse which is a central figure in mourning processions of Ashura in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
People take part in mourning rituals to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Dhaka on July 06. Photo: Shamim-Us-Salehin/TIMES
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