Moharram: Holy Week of Mourning
In keeping with Shiraz’s troubled history, the festival of Moharram, the Holy Week of Mourning, commiserates the legendary leader Imam Hussain who died a thousand years ago.
Read MoreIn keeping with Shiraz’s troubled history, the festival of Moharram, the Holy Week of Mourning, commiserates the legendary leader Imam Hussain who died a thousand years ago.
Read MoreWhat do you get if you mix giant moustaches, floral pants, stunning tile work, poetry readings, enormous clubs, and sky-high levels of testosterone? If you think the outcome might be some kind of religious gym, you’d be right.
Read MoreThailand is a Buddhist country and the people are very superstitious. A lot of people prefer to wear a Buddhist amulet instead, which they believe ward off evil and keep them from harm’s way.
Read MoreIn the mid 20th century the mountains and valleys of the Coachella Valley inspired a distinctive brand of the modernist building movement which would become known as desert modernism.
Read MoreLong before it was an Islamic country, Egypt’s primary religious belief system was a form of Christianity. The country was one of the first to accept Christianity after it was brought there as early as 40 AD by missionaries, but it was over 300 years before it was officially adopted as the official religion.
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