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Hosay is a West Indian street festival.

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The above statement is true.
Hosay commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein (Hussein), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, his brother Janab Hazrat Abbas (Hassan), and 70 other friends and relatives. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and is usually characterized by fasting and prayer. Some modern writers equate the colourful mausoleum with a "mosque." In British Guyana (now Guyana), the festival was called Ta'zieh or was creolized in Ta'zieh for these floats, the most prominent decorative element of the festival. In 19th-century Trinidad newspapers and government reports, Hosay was referred to as the "Coolie Carnival." It was one way to preserve the culture of the contract workers.

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