People remember what happened in Karbala as they did hundreds of years ago. Around 680 A.D, Grandson of Islam's prophet and Shia's third Imam, Hussein Ibn-Ali, may peace be upon him, was invited by the people of Kufa to come to them as their Imam. Imam Hossein in a group of seventy two people consisting of his family, friends and supporters were attacked and martyred by Yazid the first, the Omayyad Caliph's, army made of thousands of soldiers. Yazid attacked him because Imam Hossein refused to recognize him as a Caliph. One of the tools that has helped us remember this event is Tazieh, a play that tries to recreates what Yazid did to Imam Hossein and his followers in Ashura. Today the whole world knows about it since UNESCO recognized it as national Iranian art last year. The event is just more than a condolence theatre for the artists. It is very personal. Other people had different reasons for coming to see the event. Taazieh is a Shia-Iranian event that is aimed to revive the memory of Imam Hossein and his followers being slain by Yazid I on Ashura, tenth of Moharam. Show Less >>