Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, the taboot or representation, in flimsy material, of the tombs of Hussein and Hassan, which are carried about in the Muharram processions. Yule and Burnett, Hobson-Jobson.
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- noun A representations of the tombs of Hasan and Hussain (the grandsons of Mohammed), carried in processions for various Islamic festivities.
- noun A type of
play commemorating the martyrdom of Hasan and Hussain.
Etymologies
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Muslim month Muharram by taking out the traditional 'tazia' (mourning)
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Muslim month Muharram by taking out the traditional 'tazia' (mourning)
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Muslim month Muharram by taking out the traditional 'tazia' (mourning)
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Of Islamic architectural design, its what seemed to be frightfully high ceiling and mammoth dimensions accommodated the several-storied tazia (representation of the tomb of the martyrs of Karbala) of the Scindias as it was assembled bit by bit.
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I still remember the huge shiny golden multi-storied tazia made on behalf of the Maharaja (the like of which I am yet to see again) leading numerous other smaller shiny and richly-coloured ones of lesser dignitaries, Muslim organisations and individuals along with several tall colourful alams (flags) in a seemingly unending stream.
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I still remember the huge shiny golden multi-storied tazia made on behalf of the Maharaja (the like of which I am yet to see again) leading numerous other smaller shiny and richly-coloured ones of lesser dignitaries, Muslim organisations and individuals along with several tall colourful alams (flags) in a seemingly unending stream.
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Of Islamic architectural design, its what seemed to be frightfully high ceiling and mammoth dimensions accommodated the several-storied tazia (representation of the tomb of the martyrs of Karbala) of the Scindias as it was assembled bit by bit.
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Filed under: Shiasm In India, chup tazia, lucknow, shah usto hussain
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Filed under: Shiasm In India, chup tazia, karbala, lucknow
Hazrat Imam Hussain..Maksade Hussain « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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Filed under: Shiasm In India, chup tazia [x], Moharam in Lucknow, nawabs, shia faith
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