Hosay Festival Experience in Cedros
Channel: Baba Kii Sun
Date: 2022-08-14

Every year, Hosay is observed with a parade full of colorful tadjahs (as shown in the video) in commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussain (Hussein), the grandson of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the year 680 AD.

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD, the selection of his successor (caliph) created a rift within the Muslim community. One faction adhered to the minority belief that succession to the head of Islam must be through the family of the prophet Muhammad; the other faction held the majority viewpoint that succession must be based on selection from the elite families of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, with approval by all Muslims. Between 632 AD and 680 AD, there were seven caliphs, all with some relationship to Muhammad: Abu-Bakr (632 AD), father-in-law; Umar (634 AD), father-in-law; Uthman (644 AD), son-in-law; Ali (656 AD), son-in-law; Hassan (661 AD), grandson (son of Ali); Mu'awiyah (661 AD), brother-in-law; and Yazid (680 AD), son of Mu'awiyah. In 661 AD, Hassan, the grandson of Muhammad, stepped down after six months in favor of Mu'awiyah; he died in 669 AD after being poisoned.

Shiites around the world observe Hosay in different ways. In Kerbala, Iraq, mourners shed blood by beating themselves with swords. In Lucknow, India, the centre of Shiite culture in India, it is observed with great passion with tadjahs (taziyas), drums, and mourners who reenact the Battle of Kerbala with chants of "Hussain!" This custom was brought to Trinidad by East Indian Shiites who migrated from India in the 19th century. The first observance of Hosay in Trinidad has been traced back to 1854, eleven years after the first indentured laborers arrived from India. However, maintaining the Hosay tradition was not always an easy task. After a ban on all types of parades was imposed by the British colonialist government in 1884 following riots on sugar estates, approximately 30,000 people defiantly took to the streets for Hosay in Mon Repos, San Fernando, on Thursday, October 30, 1884. After shots were fired by the police to disperse the procession, 22 men were killed and another 120 were wounded. That fateful day is commonly referred to in Trinidad history as the "Hosay Massacre."

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