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September 16, 2004

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Qali Shooyan
In the 2nd Friday of the Iranian month of Mehr, people in the small town of Mashad-e Ardahal near Kashan hold an incredible traditional religious ceremony that has come down through history. People attend from towns and villages near and far, many of them by foot.

The ceremony commemorates the death of one of the Prophet Mohammad's ancestors who died in this area. People take carpets -- a symbol of his body -- from the Imam-Zadeh shrine and wash them in the river. .Next>>>

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