Ashura

Ashura

Ashura, 2012

Turkey - Germany, DVD, Color, 22’, Turkish - Azerbaijani

Director: Köken Ergun

There are approximately 1 million Ja’fari Shiites in Turkey. Every year in the month of Muharram, the Ja’fari Community in Istanbul holds an Ashura ceremony during which they also perform a play reenacting the Karbala tragedy. The film, which also shows some emotional moments from the rehearsals, won the German Academic ExchangeProgram’s Short Film Prize at the 63rd Berlinale.

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