Senses of Mourning

A multisensory approach to the study of Shi?i Iran that examines how devotional Moharram performances changed over time The mourning traditions of Moharram comprise a body of Shi?i Muslim devotional performances commemorating the martyrdom of Hosayn ibn ?Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the Third Imam of the Shi?i, in 680 CE. These traditional rites are performed during a period of co...