A descriptive and illustrated account of the annual ritual of 'Ashura, the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Husain. Norton depicts the events surrounding the event, offering the reader a feel for the atmosphere, a sense of the excited crowds and the occasional moments of chaos, the drama of Karbala as theatre, the scent of blood and the underlying conviviality of the occasion.
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