I ran into this booth on a side street in Tehran last night. These guys were handing out cups of hot
I ran into this booth on a side street in Tehran last night. These guys were handing out cups of hot black tea to mark the start of the ten days of mourning leading up to the Shi'a holiday of Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein in Karbala in 680 AD. The Tehran metro is decked out in black flags and one of Iran’s most popular comedy TV shows, Khandavoneh (a portmanteau of the Persian words for smile and watermelon), has been taken off the air until after Ashura. (at Tehran, Iran) -- source link