As a chronicler of religious rituals diverse culture I have shot all this within the spectrum of culture without giving in to shock and awe.
I have documented this practice in Mumbai during Ashura and Chehlum two important mourning days in Moharam.
Most of the Kamazni begins from 6 Moharam night at Kaisar Bagh Dongri and continues regularly till 9 Moharam.
While on 9 Moharam it takes place at Honda Byculla after the majlis by Maulana Yasoob Abbas and thamn this ptocession winds through JJ Hospital main road to a local Imambada and more kamazni and zanjir zani on the roads till it ends at Imambada Amin and at Fotowat.
On Ashura 10 Moharam it is a morning event at Amin Imambada , where there is hardcore sword matam by Habib Nasser and Jalal Mamu.. others do their stuff .. and than the Iranians break their fast with Khichda .
Later in the afternoon the procession begins at Moghul Masjid and moves on the roads towards Rehmatabad Shia cemetery after the Shame Gariban majlis by Maulana Athar Sab the kamazni , zanji zani and sword matam starts .
In other cities that I have documented it happens in Lucknow on 9 Moharam outside the Shia Girls College and Maulana Agha Roohi cuts his head too , han the net day the procession moves to Karbala Talkatora .. where the Tazias replicas of Imam Hussain are buried ,,
There is heavy kamazani and zanjirzani .
In Hyderabad the Ashura rituals begin at Bargah and at Bibi Ka Alawa ,, than behind the Bibi Ka Alam procession that ends at Chaddar Ghat .
In Madras it is on the roads and ends 1000 Light mosque
This image of child kamazani was shot in Ashura Chennai 2010.
