Hadi Irani Sword Matam of Mumbai

Hadi Irani Sword Matam of Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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The sword matam of Mumbai is very lethal, spine chilling and dangerous , when the person doing the sword matam begins striking his back, he is not aware of his surroundings, it is him and the sword and his back.. strokes can be slow and even paced as was done by Mr Bundeally of Dongri now retired.

Jalal Mamu of Byculla is a veteran of this Matam, pieces of his flesh fly into the air..however bad his wound he avoids getting it stitched its about positivity and holistic self healing.

Habibs sword matam is manic , he hits hard and requires stitches immediately.Habib has made the sword matam of Mumbai famous among the Bandra kids too.

Riyaz from Anjuman e Yadagare Mehdi is another person adept with the sword and hits to cut deeply.

Danny Sameer are all sword matamdars.

Hadi is Iranian from Mumbra and the Irani Hamam belongs to his family at Imamwada.
Hadi has been a very good friend and well wisher,
and I never miss an opportunity to shoot Hadi doing the zanjir matam or the sword matam.

Hadi has a great fan following among his Shia circle of friends I too am one of his fans..

I have done the sword matam once at the Chehlum juloos proceeding towards Rehmatabad , but I prefer the kama matam ..cutting my head and doing Tandav on the soul of Shimr.