A tazia (Urdu: تعزیہ, romanized: ta'ziya; from Arabic تعزية taʿziya ‘condolence’), also called tabut or taboot (Urdu: تابوت, romanized: tābūt; from Arabic تابوت tābūt ‘coffin’), is a temporary structure representing the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, which is carried in Muharram processions in South Asia, particularly on the day of Ashura. Rather than being an exact replica, it is a creative representation of his actual shrine at Karbala, Iraq.
A tazia (Urdu: تعزیہ, romanized: ta'ziya; from Arabic تعزية taʿziya ‘condolence’), also called tabut or taboot (Urdu: تابوت, romanized: tābūt; from Arabic تابوت tābūt ‘coffin’), is a temporary structure representing the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, which is carried in Muharram processions in South Asia, particularly on the day of Ashura. Rather than being an exact replica, it is a creative representation of his actual shrine at Karbala, Iraq.
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