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Mourning of Muharram in Iran[edit]

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Original – Mourning of Muharram is held in majority of cities and villages in Iran by Shia Muslims annually. Although all sort of ceremonies are performed for Husayn ibn Ali and his followers martyrdom remembrance, they have different styles and rules referring to various cultures.
Reason
A High quality photo demonstrating how markets are shut down during Muharram and turn into a place for holding mourning costumes.
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Mourning of Muharram
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Payam Moein
  • Support as nominator – Mhhossein (talk) 13:19, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - An overhead view would work much better. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:27, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The bum-focused view of the headless blurry-handed person in the foreground is too off-putting. Belle (talk) 14:51, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Agree with aboves (can you say that? ;-) - very awkward composition. --Janke | Talk 18:43, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Composition issues (as above). Camera angle makes it difficult to see what is going on, thus losing EV. Mattximus (talk) 23:56, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Unclear Alborzagros (talk) 05:25, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose --Tremonist (talk) 15:34, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Cluttered,difficult to see what is happening Lemon martini (talk) 10:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:20, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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