(ANSA) - ROMA, 08 AGO - epa10111533 Kashmiri Shiite Muslims
participate in a procession on the ninth day of the Islamic
month of Muharram on wooden boats at the interiors of Dal lake,
Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 08 August 2022.
Shiite Muslims are observing the holy month of Muharam, the
climax of Muharram is reached on its tenth day with the marking
of the Ashura festival, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam
Hussain, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of
Karbala, Iraq, in the seventh century. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN
FAROOQ KHAN/ (ANSA).