Shabbedari at Rani Mandi on January 17

ALLAHABAD: Programme of Shabbedari in memory of Hazrat Abbas would be organised on January 17. This programme would be organised at Imambara Agha Mehmood in Rani Mandi after Asr (late afternoon) prayers.
Many anjumans (committees) of the city and other places would recite 'nauha' (mourning) and perform seenazani (chest beating).
Hazrat Abbas was younger brother of Imam Husain who attained martyrdom at the historic battlefield of Karbala in Iraq.
Ismail Safvi would perform sozkwani while Nayab Bayalwi, Toofan Dariyabadi, Qamar Abdi and Babar Zaheer would present peshkhawani.
The programme will be addressed by Syed Mobin Haider Rizvi, Dr Syed Rizwan Haider and Sharar Naqvi Lucknowi. After that, nauhakwani and seenazani would be performed in which various anjumans, including Anjuman-e-Yadgar-e-Husaini, Anjman Panjatani of Patna, Anjumane Dast-e Abbasia, Anjmane Mazloomiya and others would participate.