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The Nakhl-Gardani ceremony in Mazinan, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, is held on Ashura as part of the village\'s traditional mourning rituals. The monumental nakhl, symbolizing the funeral of the martyrs of Karbala, is carried through a dense and moving crowd of mourners. The intensity of the ceremony creates an atmosphere in which adults move shoulder to shoulder, while children can become particularly vulnerable within the mass of people. This image captures not only the religious devotion and collective memory embodied in the ritual, but also the overwhelming physical presence of the crowd, where movement, dust, grief, and human bodies converge in a single moment.
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