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Shi'a Religious Parade Standard

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Neil MacGregor explores the co-existence of faiths around 400 years ago. Today, he is with one of the great standards that were used in Iran, carried at Shia processions. Show more

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