Arbaeen 2024 In Iraq 2024. The lines of black move. Iraqi security forces stand guard during a march by shiite muslims to karbala for the arbaeen ritual, the holiday that marks the end of the forty day mourning.
Usually on foot, for about 20 days, the pilgrims trek hundreds of kilometres from cities around iraq and iran to the holy city of karbala where they commemorate the. Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central iraqi city of karbala to commemorate the shiite holiday of arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in.