HomeAshura FestivalA Shi’ite Muslim man bleeds after flagellating himself during a ceremony for the Ashura festival at a mosque in central Yangon
A Shi’ite Muslim man bleeds after flagellating himself during a ceremony for the Ashura festival at a mosque in central Yangon
A Shi'ite Muslim man bleeds after flagellating himself during a ceremony for the Ashura festival at a mosque in central Yangon December 17, 2010. Shi'ite mourners beat themselves with steel-tipped flails or slash their bodies with knives during Ashura to mark the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was killed during a battle in A.D. 680 in Kerbala, a city in modern-day Iraq. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
