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Mourning of Muharram in Iran

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Original – A traditional custom for Mourning in Muharram at the Day of Ashura.

Reason: A high quality image showing a unique iranian traditional custom for mourning in Muharram. Every year, at the day of Ashura, people from some cities of Iran, carry an item called "Nakhl" as if they are performing a funeral for Husayn ibn Ali.
Articles in which this image appears: Mourning of Muharram, Day of Ashura, Husayn ibn Ali
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator: Payam Moein

Support as nominator – Mhhossein (talk) 15:40, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -Jobas (talk) 16:20, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Snapshot, bad composition, not Wikipedias "best". --Janke | Talk 18:51, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose. I agree with Janke, although I would think of it as a photojournalist style photo where perfect composition is not as important as capturing the feeling of the event. I think it's done that well, although the branch in the foreground is unfortunate. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 22:03, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Its intrinsic interest overcomes any slight defects of composition. Ayesha23 (talk) 06:46, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Struck !vote of sockpuppet. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:51, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per Janke. There are mitigating factors, but overall the composition doesn't say "FP" to me. If the Muharram mourning wasn't an annual occasion, I'd be supporting, but there are still opportunities to get better images. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:00, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support per others. --Tremonist (talk) 14:19, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support _ Alborzagros (talk) 10:08, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Rainbow unicorn (talk) 17:20, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Not a bad snapshot, but the composition is not perfect for a featured picture. See the branch in the top left. It's an annual event, so a better photograph could be taken. Mattximus (talk) 13:40, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think the crowds will excuse some composition issues. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:30, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hadi (talk) 07:42, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per Mattxmius and Diliff-the branch is distracting and distorts the composition Lemon martini (talk) 11:55, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:56, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is only a 59% support, which isn't enough for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:56, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]