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Haider al Hussein, a merchant in a popular Baghdad market, plays the role of Hussein, the grandson of the prophet, when he was slain in 680.
Laith Hammoudi / MCT
A young boy prepares himself to be part of the reenactment. Shiites commemorate the Battle of Karbala each year to represent in Shiite lore the 1,400 years of oppression of their sect.
Leila Fadel / MCT
Men in red represent part of the force of Yazid 1, the Ummayad Caliph, who killed Hussein, most of his men, and took the women and children into captivity.
Laith Hammoudi / MCT
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