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  • Introduction
  • The Tomb
  • Architectural Features
  • Sacred Atmosphere
  • Personal Piety
  • Collective Practices

Collective Practices

  • 43
    Sabzeh (sprouted greens)
    Displayed in haft-sins and placed on graves during Nowruz
  • 44
    Nazri (food)
    Offered in shrines and elsewhere
  • 45
    Naqqashi-ye qahveh-khaneh (coffeehouse painting)
    National Museum, Tehran, Iran
  • 46
    Taʿziyeh-khani (Shiʿi devotional drama)
    Staged throughout Iran during Moharram
  • 47
    Performance of the martyrdom of ʿAli Akbar
    Payambar-e Azam Mosque, Darbandsar, Iran
  • 48
    Parcham (ceremonial textile) of the Kangarlu
    Hosayniyeh, Kohneh Gel, Varamin, Iran
  • 49
    ʿAlamat and chelcheragh, ceremonial standards of the Kangarlu
    Hosayniyeh, Kohneh Gel, Varamin, Iran
  • 50
    Sacred ‘alam of the Kangarlu
    Whereabouts unknown
  • 51
    Calligraphic finial, fragment of an ʿalamat
    Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 52
    Looking forward to spring
    Coming soon Nowruz 2025
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