Definitions for "Ashura"
fast day on the tenth of the month of Muharram, the first month in the Muslim calendar; commemoration of the martyrdom of Husayn, important particularly for Shi'ite Muslims.
the tenth day of Muharram. It is a sunnah to fast on the ninth and tenth days of Muharram.
Also Yawm Al-Ashura. The tenth day of Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar). Muslims fast on this day to commemorate the crossing of the Red Sea by Moses ( AS) and his followers during their flight from Egypt.
Allegorical “demons” that demonstrated a reorientation of evil toward good.