What are the most populous mourning gatherings held in the first ten days of Muharram?
On the days of Tasua and Ashura, a strange and powerful force draws people into the streets and creates magnificent gatherings. One of these gatherings is the mourning procession of the Hussainiya Azam of Zanjan. This procession of several hundred thousand people is held every year on Tasua. The figure cited for participants is 500 thousand people.Also, the Hosseini Infants gathering has today become a network of assemblies that is held on the first Friday of Muharram each year in various parts of the world.
The world's largest Ashura gathering is held every year in the city of Karbala. This gathering is that of the Tuwairij mourning procession. According to the information website of Imam Hussein's holy shrine, participation in this procession has reached 3 million people.
In total there are 100,000 active religious mourning associations in the country.
Which of these gatherings do you usually take part in?
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian