Muharram

Muharram is celebrated to commemorate the death of the grandson of the prophet Mohammad who was killed in the battlefield of Karbala in Arabia.

The Shia Muslims particularly hold this festival with great sanctity. Tajiyas are made and taken in procession in the memory of the departed soul. Shab-e-barat is celebrated on the fourteenth day of Saban. On this day Muslims visit the tombs of their ancestors and offer prayer. Ramjan is the month of fasting according to Kuran, the holy book of the Muslims. 

 

There is a religious obligation on an adult Muslim to observe fast of one whole month. On the eve of breaking the fast each day after sunset they assemble in congregation in a mosque to offer prayer. Id is celebrated on the succeeding day of the last Ramjan or after seeing the moon. It is the day of rejoicing as it comes after a month's long fasting.