Indian Shia Muslims on the day of Ashura in Old Delhi

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Viewer discretion advised due to graphic content. Shia Muslims observe Ashura on the streets of Old Delhi. They take out a procession through the streets of the National Capital along with other parts of India. Yom Ashura or Ashura is the tenth day of the first month in the Islamic calendar. It marks the day that Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was martyred in the Battle of Karbala. On this day, the Shia Muslim community in India comes out and takes part in processions as it mourns the death of Husayn. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high-quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motio