Shiite Muslim men and boys assault themselves with chains and blades in Kabul, Afghanistan during Ashura — a 10-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, who was killed in a battle in Iraq in 680 AD.
Self-flagellation… when you care enough to send the very best.
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in chaos, fear, horror, little known facts, mayhem, morons, religion, unfortunate, unsanitary, whatever 
