Shiite Muslim Men Celebrate Ashura In Southern Lebanon

NABATIEH, LEBANON - NOVEMBER 14: Shiite Muslims bleed as they gash their foreheads with swords and beat themselves during a ceremony marking Ashura in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon on November 14, 2013 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Shiite Muslims observe Ashura, day of mourning which means "tenth" in Arabic, through mourning rituals such as reenactments of the martyrdom and self-flagellation. Most observers wear black and march through the streets chanting and hitting themselves in the chest and some still make small gashes to their heads to ritually punish their bodies. As the war in neighboring Syria drags on for a third year, Lebanon, a country of only 4 million people, is now home to the largest number of Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict. The situation is beginning to put huge social and political strains on Lebanon as there is currently no end in sight to the war in Syria. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NABATIEH, LEBANON - NOVEMBER 14: Shiite Muslims bleed as they gash their foreheads with swords and beat themselves during a ceremony marking Ashura in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon on November 14, 2013 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Shiite Muslims observe Ashura, day of mourning which means "tenth" in Arabic, through mourning rituals such as reenactments of the martyrdom and self-flagellation. Most observers wear black and march through the streets chanting and hitting themselves in the chest and some still make small gashes to their heads to ritually punish their bodies. As the war in neighboring Syria drags on for a third year, Lebanon, a country of only 4 million people, is now home to the largest number of Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict. The situation is beginning to put huge social and political strains on Lebanon as there is currently no end in sight to the war in Syria. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Shiite Muslim Men Celebrate Ashura In Southern Lebanon
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