Firstly Muharram ante oka pandaga no veduka no kaadu. Idi oka santaapa sabha lantidi. Janalu santosham tho jarupukune roju kaadu idi. Entho badha tho jarpukuntaru. Islam calendar lo first month Muharram. Muharram ante ‘Sinful’ or ‘Forbidden’ ani artam.
Hyderabad lo jarige Muharram ki chala speciality undi. Mari Muharram katha ento…. Hyderabad lo Muharram enduku special oo telskundam
Story of Muharram
Yazeed ani oka cruel king undevadu. Islam ki next Caliph ga tanani opkovali ani Prophet Mohammad manavadu ayina Imam Hussain ni koradu Yazeed. Daniki Imam Hussain opkoledu. Dintho Imam Hussain ni,tana bharaya pillalni, followers ni ila motham kalipi 72 members ni arrest chesadu Yazeed. 10 rojula patu bagaa torture chesadu . 7th day nundi 10th day varaki kaneesam oka chukka neeru kuda ivvaledu.10th day Imam Hussain ni tana followers ni champesaru. Dinini “Battle of Karbala” antaru. Ee roju ne Muharram ani jarpukuntaru Shi’a Muslims.
Muharram’s connection with Hyderabad
Hyderabad ni okapudu rule chesina Qutub Shahi dynasty Shi’as anamata. Andukani Hyderabad lo Muharram ki chala goppa charitra undi. Okasari oka Qutub Shahi Raju ki Hazrat Ali(Prophet Mohammad koduku) Hyderabad lo oka konda mida unattu kala vachindi ata. Ventane next day aa konda midaki velli chuste hand prints kanapaddai anta. Aa hand prints Hazrat Ali ve ani nammaru. Aa place ye “Moula Ali”. Muharram aacharam kuda Hyderabad ki inchu minchu apude vachindi. Almost oka 500 years ga Muharram ni baga strict ga follow avtaru Hyderabadi Shi’as
The Muharram starts with a meeting
Munduga andaru black dress(as a symbol of protest) ni veskoni samavesham avtaru. Aa intiki peddayana ayina vyakthi ‘marsiye’ ‘nauhay’ (poems) ni chadutaru. Aa poems dwara apatlo Imam Hussain inka tana followers entala torture anubavincharo describe chestaru. Chadvutuna process lo andaru baga emotional avtaru. Peddaga edvadam start chestaru. Tarwata apatlo chanipoina soldiers ki gurtu ga andaru round ga nilchoni chest mida gattiga kotkuntaru….raktam karelaga
Bibi ka Alam
Alam ante…apudu chanipoina soldiers ki oka symbolic representation anamata. Dabirpura lo undi Bibi ka Alawa. Prophet Mohammed kuturu ayina Bibi Fatima Zehra akarisari oka chekka badda mida snanam chesindi ata. Aa wooden plank ne ‘Alam’ ani Bibi ka Alawa lo pettaru 430 years back. Mir Osman Ali Khan donate chesina six diamonds inka migitha Jewellery tho Alam ni decorate chestaru. Muharram last day anaga Ashura rojuna Alam ni ooregistaru. Bibi ka Alam tho patu lopala inka chala alams untai. Avi anni Imam Hussain soldiers ki,pillalaki, followers ki symbolic roopam anamata
The procession of Alam
Ee ooregimpu ni chudatanki chala mandi janalu vastaru. Idi kulam matham ane teda leni oka social gathering. Bibi ka alam ni ‘Bibi Padmamma’ ani kuda antaru. Muslims ye kadu….Hindus kuda Bibi Fatima ni baga nammutaru. Chala mahima gala devatha ga kolustaru. Ooregimpu ni chudatanki Hindus kuda vastaru. Konni Alams 100 kg daka untai. Alam ni patkune valani ‘Alam Bardari’ antaru. Ee Alam Bardari ki oka special costume untundi
Maatham starts
Muharram lo Maatham ki chala pratyekatha undi. Apudu chanipoina soldiers ni gurtu techkoni….badha lo valani vaale hurt cheskuntaru Shi’as. Idantha vaalu edo kavalani kastapadi cheyaru. Appati soldiers tyaganiki badha express chestu….blades, knives ila sharp vastuvulatho raktham vachela tamani taame hurt cheskuntaru. Chinna pillalu maatham lo participate cheyaleru kabatti….valaki chinna kaatu ayina veyistaru.
Now procession begins
Matham start kagane Alam bayataki vastundi. Andaru kuda ‘Ibn-az-Zehra-Wa-Walia’ ani antu chest mida gattiga kotkuntu untaru. Dini artam Goodbye Son of Zehra ani. Idi chala chala patha aacharam. Inka ooregimpu start avtundi. Bibi ka Alam ni oka elephant mida kurchobetti…. Dabirpura,Mir Alam Mandi, Gulzharhouz, Charminar,Madina mida ooreginchi last ki Kahadam-e-Rasool dagara apestaru.
People distribute water and food
Ashur roju matrame Kadu…. Muharram month motham…Shia’s free ga water distribute chestaru. Enduku ante…paina kathalo manam chusam kadha…vaalu andaru kuda last 3 days water leka torture barinchi chanipoyaru ani. Aa badha vere evaru padodu ani ila water panchutaru. Adi kaka procession time lo Rasna lanti juices,dry fruits kalpina paalu kuda panchutaru kondaru. Inka kondaru aithe free ga food kuda pedtaru.
