Ashura Religious Festival in Iran (15 images)

Iranian men are covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar, located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world celebrate Ashura to mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian

An Iranian man is covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali, in Bijar located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian

An Iranian woman is covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar located in Kurdistan province of Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian

An Iranian woman helps to smear mud on another woman during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar, located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world celebrate Ashura to mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian