The **Gol-Malan ceremony in Khorramabad** is a magnificent ritual held every year on the noon of Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam. It is a scene where men and women, with their clothes smeared in mud—*which is actually made from clean soil mixed with a little rosewater*—revive a symbol of grief, empathy, and loyalty to the memory of Karbala — an image of collective faith and fervor on a day where sorrow finds meaning.