Live action footage

Ritualistic Self Flagellation at Ashura Festival in Karachi, Pakistan

Details

Code
443740
Type
Live action video
Loopable
No
Duration
00:29
Aspect
16:9
Alpha / Matte
No
Frame rate
29.97
Model Release
No
Property Release
No
Location
Shia Mosque, Karachi, Pakistan

Description

A group of men perform a ritualistic form of self flagellation during the Ashura Festival in Karachi, Pakistan

The Ashura Festival is held on the 10th of the Islamic Month of Muharram and is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the death of their Imam Hussain (the Grandson of the Prophet Mohammed) who was martyred at the Battle of Karballah, in what is now modern day Iraq, in the year 680 CE

Contributor

HD

1920 x 1080

US$ 50