Tabuik, A Ceremony of Minangkabau
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Tabuik (Indonesia: Ark) is a local celebration to commemorate Ashura, the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Muhammad, which was conducted by the Minangkabau people in West Sumatra coast, especially in Pariaman. This festival includes displays back the Battle of Karbala, and Tassa drums and dhol. Tabuik is a term for a bier carried during the procession ceremony. Despite its humble beginnings is a Shiite ceremony, but most residents in Pariaman and other areas that are doing similar ceremonies, mostly Sunni adherents. In Bengulu also known by the name of Ark.Tabuik to the sea anchor ceremony conducted every year on the 10th of Muharram Pariaman since 1831. The ceremony was introduced in this area by Shiite Muslim forces from the Indian Tamils, who placed here and then settled during British rule in the western part of Sumatra .
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