| Nakhl Gardani | |
|---|---|
 Nakhl Gardani in Zarch | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | religious mourning |
| Date(s) | Ashura, 10th Muharram |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Country | Iran |
| Participants | Shia Muslims |
Nakhl Gardani (Persian: نخل گردانی, Persian pronunciation: [næxl ɡærdɑːniː]) or Nakhl Bardari is a Shia religious ritual carried out on the day of Ashura for commemorating the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Moḥammad and third Shia Imam. Nakhl is a wooden structure used as a symbolic representation of the Imam's coffin and Nakhl Gardani is the act of carrying the Nakhl from one place to another, resembling an Imam's funeral.[1]
The ritual is carried out in many cities of Iran among them Yazd,[2] Taft,[3] Kashan[4] and Shahroud.[5]
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- ^ "Traditional Ritual of 'Nakhl-Gardani' in Shahroud". Islamic Development Organization IR Iran. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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