Tazia

Quick meaning: Tazia is a noun meaning (countable) A representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.

Meaning

(countable) A representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Alternative form of ta'ziyeh (“a dramatic art form of Iran performed by Shiites and reenacting the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala, usually performed in the month of Muharram”)

Example Sentences

Gilt and paper presentations of their tombs are borne with shouting and wailing, music, torches, and yells, through the principal thoroughfares of the City; which fakements are called tazias.

‘What is the use of all these reforms, and Conciliation Committees for Mohurram, and shall we cut the tazia short or shall we carry it another route, and Councils of Notables and official parties where the English sneer at our skins?’

Word Forms

• tazias
• ta'ziya
• taziya
• tazeea

Synonyms for tazia

Depending on context, synonyms include taboot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tazeea, taboot, takyeh, tabut, turbeh, tawiz.

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