In pictures: Day of Ashura

LAST UPDATED AT 13:15 ON Tue 6 Dec 2011
Shia Muslims flagellate themselves during the festival of Ashura

Shia Muslims flail themselves in front of a mosque in old Delhi on the Day of Ashura. The event marks the death of  Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Mohammed, who was killed in battle at Karbala in modern day Iraq in the year 680. The day of self-flagellation comes at the end of a ten-day festival.

Credits: 
Roberto Schmidt

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