Hosay 2007

Hosay in St. James
The commemoration of Hosay is a Shiite Muslim commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein and his brother Hassan (both grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad) at the Battle of Kerbala in Persia, now known as Iraq. The word Hosay comes from the name 'Hussein'. Elsewhere in the Islamic world, on the day of Ashura, Shiites also commemorate the death of Imam Hussein.