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Description: Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali on the Day of Ashura. nnMatam - The Arabic term matam refers in general to any act or gesture of mourning; in Shia Islam the term designates acts of lamentation for the martyrs of Karbala. Many of the male and female participants congregate in public for ceremonial chest beating (matam) as a display of their devotion to Imam Husayn and in remembrance of his suffering. In some Shi'a soci
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