Part of a #Safavid alam: Sura Al-Fath in thuluth script. Signed by Abdulvahab Isfahani.

My knowledge is nothing but ignorance itself, And my ignorance nothing but confusion. ~Attar, The Book of Suffering

This is what a factory made alam will look like today. #Tehran #Ashura

Not a single living artist could make this today: #Ashura alam by the late Master Abdulvahab Zargarzadeh Isfahani. #Iranart

#Ashura alam by the late Master Hassan Safar. #Iranart

Peacocks and morq-e rokh (inspired by the Roc) for the #Ashura alam made by the late Master, Mirza Abbas. #Iranart

on the streets of #Isfahan. #Ashura

The feast in mourning. #Ashura #Isfahan, Iran

Much bread to prepare. #Ashura, #FoodofIran

This #Ashura, stay out of Abyaneh.

The water bringer of #Karbala. By contemporary painter Jafar Fattahi

The life of objects.

A ritual is food for many. Preparing #Ashura nazri in Kaludeh Village, #Mazandaran. #FoodofIran

Drummer girl. #Tabriz, Iran #Ashura

nact to remember. #Qajar era Ta'zieh group (#Ashura passion play)

Our lunch: nazri leftovers, sabzi, omar piyaz salad, and the ash reshteh my aunt always cooks the day before #Ashura. #FoodofIran