Archive for the tag "Mortification of the flesh for purifying the body"

Ashura, the tenth and the last day of Shia religious carnival

November 3, 2014

Moharram, a Shia bloody ritual

November 2, 2014

Blades that bleed in the dawn of Ashura

November 1, 2014

Bathed in their blood for cleansing

October 31, 2014

Self-flagellation ritual

October 29, 2014

Mortification of the flesh for sanctifying the body

October 28, 2014