15 Shaban – Shia Shabbarat

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15 Shaban – Shia Shabbarat, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

On 18 August the Shias of Mumbai after paying respects to the dead at Rehmatabad Shia cemetery, lighting candles on the graves, saying prayers called Fatiah, move towards the pier at Gateway of India to await the arrival of a decked up boat called Bajra.
Here tey celebrate the birth of the 12 th Imam called Imam e Zamana or Hazrat Muhamad Al Mahdi.
At the pier it is poetry time with poems in praise of Imam e Zamana and Ahle Bayt.

As I was having problems with my Nikon D 80 I shot photos on Canon G9 too..

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