Omar Koshan

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title: Omar Koshan
text: Omar Koshan, also known as Jashn-e Hazrat-e Zahra, or Eid-e-Shuja' is a yearly festival held by some Twelver Shi'i Muslims in Iran. Originally, the festival commemorated the assassination of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab by the Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz. In its current form, it begins on the 9th day of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal of the Islamic year, and lasts until the 27th of the same month. It is a carnival-type of festival in which social roles are reversed and communal norms u
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description: Shi'i festival celebrating the death of Umar
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date created: 2008-03-17T11:25:52Z
date modified: 2024-09-14T20:51:22Z
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