Tabuik - stock photo

People plays Tassa and dhol drums during the Tabuik Festival in Pariaman, Indonesia. Tabuik is a local celebration in commemoration of Ashura, the death of Imam Hussain, Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, observed by the Minangkabau people in the coastal areas of West Sumatra, particularly in Pariaman. The festival includes re-enactments of the Battle of Karbala, and the use of Tassa and dhol drums. Tabuik is the term for a bier carried during the procession ceremony. Although beginning a Shiite ceremony, the largest population in Pariaman and other areas that performs this ceremony is Sunni.