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has performed the opera puppet show for three nights since August 10, but the performances will continue for six additional nights due to
ulama.Gharibpur has restaged the opera every year during Muharram since 2007.The opera puppet show depicts the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS)
and his companions against the Umayyad dynasty on Ashura, the tenth day of the month of Muharram on the lunar calendar, the day upon which
the Imam and his followers were martyred in Karbala in 680 CE.Photo: The Aran Theater Troupe performs the Ashura opera puppet show at
