A video has emerged of Shia Muslims marking the holy day of Ashura on a street in Manchester, UK on Sunday.

In the footage, captured by a local resident, hundreds of men can be seen chanting and slapping their bare chests while crowds of bystanders watch.

The day commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

A video has emerged of Shia Muslims marking the holy day of Ashura on a street in Manchester, UK on Sunday.

In the footage, captured by a local resident, hundreds of men can be seen chanting and slapping their bare chests while crowds of bystanders watch.

The day commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

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As I was going to Wilmslow Road in Manchester to Watch the Derby match between Manchester United and Manchester City on Sunday 2nd November I came across this event which is Ashura. Ashura is the day that some muslims who are Shia believe on that day Imam Hussein the Son of Imam Ali and the grandson of Prophet Mohammed (P B U H) was killed by his enemy. Shia do this kind of event every year on the month of Muharram in Islamic Calendar. So I thought its good opportunity to film this event and share it with you people.