That way reciting the Constitution’s Preamble has been transformed from text to socially dynamic statement… Against this new method of agitation, authorities slapped various criminal charges including sedition, arrested several protestors and strongly opposed their bail petitions. ***We celebrated 72nd Constitution Day on 26th November 2021. Two months before Republic Day (26 January 1950), the […]
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Chavoshi reciting; a long-lasting tradition in Shahroud
December 17th, 2020 Awake Goy
Chavoshi is a Shiite religious song for departing and welcoming pilgrims to places of pilgrimage. The ritual of Chavoshi reading for pilgrims to the cities of Karbala, Mashhad, Najaf, Mecca, and Medina has been common since the Safavid and Qajar periods and has received much attention in the recent century. In addition to Semnan province […]
Police detention of boy reciting Hamlet on Moscow street sparks outcry, internal inquiry (VIDEO)
May 28th, 2017 Awake Goy
The boy, who is reportedly nine or ten years old, was reading Shakespearean excerpts aloud in the street when police swung into action, claiming the child was unattended and being forced to beg. He was detained on Friday evening near Moscow’s historic Arbat Street, popular with both tourists and locals. A clip of what appears […]