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All the pictures in this set were shot today on my camera by Habib Nasser , the founder of the Iraqi Kama Matam in Mumbai .
I had come to document the Chehlum events at Moghul Masjid and the juloos started from Imamwada lane close to JJ Hospital.
I did my kama matam near Noor Baugh..Tandav on the Soul of Shimr.. This time I leapt into the air and cut my head fiercely..I bled a lot , and later got myself first aid just a wash with water and bandage .
Once the Juloos reached Rehmatabad Shia cemetery ,and once the matam began I removed the bandage and cut myself up again with my camera dangling round my neck..my white coffin cloth that I wore was totally bloodied ..once the hardcore matam ended with Habib cutting his back with a sword I walked to a first aid center organized by the Prince Ali Khan Hospital and got myself bandaged again only water ..I threw away the coffin cloth as I did not want to shock my two year old grand daughter Marziya..
On reaching home and seeing my bandaged head, she kept inquiring what had happened and I took a picture with her holding my kama..on her head..picture was taken by her dad Asif..
I have one regret most of my Rehmatabad cemetery pictures are washed out as blood entered my camera through the viewfinder and my lens too were soaked in blood..
And I shall now keep all my other stuff on hold .
This is a 7 GB card shot in a few hours.
I dedicate this series at Flickr to my mentor Dr Glenn Losack MD
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I gave my camera and my satchel to Habib Nasser, while Mairaj he is the back of me black clothes and beard wet my hair to smoothen the razor cutting my scalp..
Than I get ready to cut my head and do Tandav the Dance of Death on the Soul of Shimr..
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I wear the white shroud or coffin cloth normally during MoharamI only wear black clothes for two month eight days.
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I had rolled up my dhoti.. and with daggr in hand I waited for them to tell me when to begin..
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