tazia

tazia
noun /taˈziːə/
a) A representations of the tombs of and (the grandsons of Mohammed), carried in processions for various Islamic festivities.

Gilt and paper presentations of their tombs are borne with shouting and wailing, music, torches, and yells, through the principal thoroughfares of the City; which fakements are called tazias.

b) A type of play commemorating the martyrdom of Hasan and Hussain.

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