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by humanbeing » Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:14 am
Seriousness of Karbala event is undermined by its gross commercialization by anyone. marsiya CDs and rights are sold, orators charge hefty amount to make the most of muharram time and ofcourse the great bohra circus takes a new spin on the whole ashara mubarak carnival.
going deeper, orators whip up human emotions using thier speech techniques. there are many creative shia orators who make people go in tears with thier choices of words, drawing comparisons with humanly pain and grief that Imam hussein, his family and friends endured. this is fine and artistic in its own ways.
kothari abde orators are loud and pompous. mostly indulging in melodrama, hysteria and drumming up grief, . funnily, in one the waaz during this muharram. an amil in kuwait, told people to howl, yell in grief, cry out loud, kalaa-wala karo, rova ma sharmaao naa .. zorr zoor thi rovo .. and he went on to give a sample of wailing .. by howling his cries loudly for couple of seconds .. it was astonishingly hilarious and sadly upsetting to see, how the level of the zikr of gam-e-hussein has fallen. Orchestrated maatam be it by bohras or shia is yet another ritualized expression of grief, that undermines seriousness of gam-e-hussein.
IMO, a sober heart touching marsiya / noha sung with utmost sincerity, zikr of gam-e-hussein, karbala incident plainly with words that best expresses human endeavor towards justice, determination and righteousness without supernatural exaggeration. for a simple, sane minded person, struggles of imam hussein, his family and friends is sufficient to roll tears of sincerity down the cheek. there could be turbulent waves of grief hitting in the heart, yet calm and composed expression of grief could be the best way to respect sacrifice of Hussein and shohdaahs and not some loud circled dancing frenzy of maatam with people competing with each other to beat the loudest, bleed the most and within seconds run for faakera jaman !
Bolta ghoda, blood soaked bird, bleeding walls, red sky , end moment mojizaas etc suit more for those who wants to be amazed and bewildered to believe in simple yet profound message of Imam hussein's sacrifice.