Commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the holy Prophet Mohammed, and is observed by the Shi'ite Muslims, who take our processions of colourfully decorated 'Tazias',which are paper and bamhoo replicas of the marty's tomb at Karbala in Iraq. The processions are specially impressive at Lucknow. In part of the South, tiger dancers-men painted over with stripses and wearing tiger masks, lead the procession.