Nakhl Gardani

Nakhl Gardani
Nakhl Gardani in Zarch town, Yazd, Iran
Nakhl Gardani in Zarch
Statusactive
Genrereligious mourning
Date(s)Ashura, 10th Muharram
FrequencyAnnually
CountryIran
ParticipantsShia 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 Islamic 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]

  1. ^ Chelkowski, Peter (2008). "NAḴL". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The History of Nakhl Bardari Rite". Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "'Houm Baba'e' and 'Nakhl-Gardani' registered in National intangible heritage list". Tasnim News (in Persian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Traditional Ritual of 'Nakhl-Gardani' in Shahroud". Islamic Development Organization IR Iran. Retrieved 20 September 2017.