Chehlum Rehmatabad Shia Cemetery 2010

Chehlum Rehmatabad Shia Cemetery 2010, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Now the procession reaches the gates of Rehmatabad Shia cemetery...Mazgaon..

The hard hitting hardcore matam takes place within , this is a not a very large cemetery and what happens here is sheer bloodletting, if you can shoot within this place you can shoot anywhere in the world..but first you should be able to enter this choc a bloc jam packed arena and the hardcore stuff happens in the narrow passage soon after the short majlis gets over..

I had done zanjir matam here once , and this time I cut my head again after having cut it outside on the streets..

This is a 3.75 GB Card and most of the pictures got ruined because of the non sttop flow of blood from my head , somebody tied a hanky in the crowds but the blood flowed once my forehead touched the viewfinder.. I was totally et with my blood and had nothing to dry my camera or lens.

The sword matam of Habib and Riyaz was electrifying..I moved away got my wound washed and cleaned by water by the doctors of Prince Ali Khan Hospital they had a first aid center for the self inflicted wounds.

I was totally tired zapped dehydrated , I had a wound on my barefeet that I had neglected and has festered..I am a diabetic too.