He Carries 160 KG Chains on His Body.. And I Am Chained To The Poetry of His Life, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
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He has chains permanently around his waist stomach , legs and hands in memory of the Shia Imam Zainul Abedin surviving son of Imam Hussain, after the Imam was martyred at Karbala and after the carnage the genocide perpetuated on the Grandson of the Holy Prophet by Yazid Caliph of the Umayad Dynasty .. Zainul Abedin the ladies of the Imams household children chained manacled treated like slaves were bough from Karbala to Sham , Damascus in Syria at the Court of Yazid,
It is the memory of this indignity , this heavy burden that Zanjir Bawa a Sunni Muslim carries as memory of Zainul Abedin the Shia fourth Imam.
Zanjir bawa cannot remove the chains , cannot bathe but his body does not stink and if he bangs his head the adjoining area begins smelling of attar ...and I have known Zanjir Bawa for many years sadly I have not seen him since a long time .
He carries a razor sharp blade that he hits hs head with to the chant of Ya Hussain..
Zanjir Baw Sufi Bawa in Chains is a set at my Flickr photostream.
Last I met him a hijra was taking care of him as his Murid.
The hijra community treat him with great respect and reverence..
www.flickr.com/photos/firozeshakir/sets/72157601186790954...
