6th Annual Ashura Procession Sydney Australia 27 Dec 2009

The Day of Ashura (عاشوراء (ʻĀshūrā, Ashura, Ashoura, and other spellings) is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the Remembrance of Muharram. It is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 AD1).