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Thousands celebrate Shia festival for cleric's birthday

(11 Oct 2003) 1. Tracking shot of pilgrims walking into Karbala 2. Pilgrims arriving 3. Pan from mosque to crowd 4. Wide shot crowd, pan down to men marching and chanting 5. Various of men chanting 6. Man watching from rooftop, pan to crowd 7. Man washing himself 8. Crowd passing water station 9. Tilt down narrow street to tea being served 10. Meat patties on grill, tilt up to man cooking 11. Wide shot crowd STORYLINE: Thousands of Shia pilgrims descended on the central Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday to mark the birthday of Mohammed al-Mahdi - the 12th Imam of Islam. The celebrations were combined with the traditional festivities and prayers marked by many Muslims on the 15th of the Islamic month of Shaaban, in the run-up to the fasting month of Ramadan. Up to one (m) million people were expected to attend the festival, which will continue until Sunday morning. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...