Iran WANA Shajarian Funeral Ceremony

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Oct 2020
The Persian classical music singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, a towering figure to Iranians for both his artistry and his public stand with protesters against the government, died on Thursday in Tehran. He was 80 and had battled kidney cancer for more than a decade.

Shajarian "flew to meet his beloved (God)", Homayoun Shajarian wrote on Instagram, days after the "Ostad" -- master in Persian -- was hospitalised.

The news of his death sparked an outpouring of grief from Iranians the world over. In Tehran, thousands of fans packed the streets outside the hospital where he died — people of all ages, wearing masks because of the pandemic, weeping openly and singing some of his most famous songs, derived from Persian poetry.

“Bird of freedom sings for me, renewing my grief,” the crowd sang in unison. “Oh God, oh sky, oh nature, turn our night of darkness into dawn.”

Yesterday funeral prayer of Shajarian was held in Tehran’s Behesht Zahra Cemetery, and he was buried among sorrow and condolence of his fans who got together at near Ferdowsi Tomb, in Tus city in Mashhad Province.

The maestro has won renown as the country’s highest-achieving, best-performing, and most globally-recognized traditional music artist, with vocal virtuosity that has heartened and enlightened successive generations.....