Sorrow of The Player

Ta'zieh or Shabih-Khani is one of the oldest and most authentic traditions of theater in Iran. It is a kind of theater is based on agonizing life stories and fables of Islam's prophet, Muhammad. Essentially, they are the events and atrocities that confront Imam Hossein and his apostles in the Karbala desert during the Muharram of '61 Hijri (Lunar Calendar).
In this theater, all of the players are ordinary people who are not trained to be an actor, but they are very well in singing song about the prophet and his family. One of the casts in this traditional theater should play as a person who killed Imam Hossien, and in my opinion this role is the hardest you can find in the whole program. Although they should act as a cruel person but in most cases they are crying during their play. This is the photo of the person who is playing this role.
صرفنظر از تاريخچه مراسم عزاداري امام حسين، شيوه ورود آن به جامعه ايران و بهره برداري‌هاي سياسي كه از اين واقعه شده است، شبيه‌خواني يا به عبارتي تعزيه هميشه براي من جالب بوده. به ويژه افرادي كه در اين نمايش ايفاي نقش ميكنند. از ميان همه بازيگران تعزيه، كساني كه نقش شمر را بازي مي‌كنند از همه جالبتر و به عقيده من از همه قابل احترام‌تر هستند. كساني كه در نهايت دلسوختگي در نقش آدمي بي‌رحم ظاهر مي‌شوند، نكته جالبتر گريستن شمرخوانها در طول تعزيه است. اين عكس رو از يك شمر خوان در ميدان تجريش گرفتم