THOUSANDS of Alevis came together at the new Cemevi in Wood Green and shared Ashura locusts.
After Mourning of Muharram, Ashura event organized by the British Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi took place this year at the new building in Wood Green. Thousands of people participated in the activity of Ashura in the new cemevi, which gradually came to an end in the making. Ali Dereli Dede started the program with a short talk after the lighting of candles and the dirge he read. “We have come together to share our Ashura locus after the mourning and fasting,” Dereli Dede said. “Ashura is to stand against the oppressors of our time because of the oppression of Umayyad.
Ashura, the son of Kerbela, Kerbela geography and Dersim geography is to recognize the massacre of the senses of Sayyid Rıza. Following Dereli, England ACC and Cemevi President Tugay Hurman and President of the British Alevi Federation, İsrafil Erbil, took the floor and greeted the participants and thanked each other for their enthusiasm for the preparation of the new building as well as for the preparation of the Ashura’s. Cemevi President Tugay Hurman, who welcomed those who attended Ashura locust at the door, was a guest of the London Newspaper live broadcast. “Today is a very happy day for us, this year we want to make our Ashura here; we still have a few more months of work but we want to inform people about what kind of place, what was done, what to do, how much to spend, how much we are lacking, how we are going through this process. We expect about ten thousand people to come; we have about 15 thousand bowls of Ashura. Thousands of people come and go, a beautiful image, a spectacular image. We want give people a synergy.”
BAF President İsrafil Erbil also participated in the London Newspaper live broadcast. Erbil, “Muharram month for us both sorrow and mourning. Therefore, all sadness, fasting, love with Ashura, happiness, hope in the future, turns into peace. In this sense Ashura days are very important, Ashura is also mentioned as a subject in Alevism lessons given in the education system in England. Ashura expresses, symbolizing peace, togetherness and sharing, therefore we hope we can spread this all around the world.”
