Sangelaj Theater Complex to Home ‘Shabih Khani’

Iran Theater- ‘Shabih Khani’)A kind of Taazieh)run at Sangelaj Theater Complex on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali (A.S) and ‘Ta'zieh night’ ceremony.

The Hazarat Seyed o Shoohada theater (Ta'zieh) group went on stage and did ‘ Shabih Khani’.

The cast include Mehdi Ghasemi, Hossein Aghighi, Hasan Aghighi, Ghahreman Yousefi, Amir Hasannejad, Jalal Alikhani and Hossein Sahebdel.

Ta'zieh or Ta'zïye or Ta'zīya or Tazīa or Ta'ziyeh, ‎means comfort, condolence or expression of grief. It comes from roots aza which means mourning.

Depending on the region, time, occasion, religion, etc. the word can signify different cultural meanings and practices:

In Persian cultural reference it is categorized as Condolence Theater or Passion Play inspired by a historical and religious event, the tragic death of Hussein, symbolizing epic spirit and resistance.