Nakhl Gardani is one of the ritual traditions that people in many cities in Iran follow. In this ceremony, people hold and carry a large glorious wooden structure on their shoulders in Ashura. It’s the symbol of Imam Husayn’s beheaded body carried on a stretcher made of palm leaves in Ashura. People decorate Nakhl with black and green fabrics, swords, and flags that signify its connection to the Battle of Karbala. Hundreds of foreign and native tourists go to Yazd to watch its distinguished Nakhl Gardani every single year. In the famous Nakhl Gardani ritual in Yazd, hundreds of men use their muscles to carry the giant wooden structure around the Amir Chakhmaq Square.
