"Tabuik" is a Shia Islamic occasion in Minangkabau region, particularly in the city of Pariaman and it is a part of the Shia days of remembrance among the local community. "Tabuik" refers to the towering funeral biers carried during the commemoration. The event has been performed every year since the Day of Ashura in 1831, when the practice was introduced to the region by the Shia "sepoy" troops from India who were stationed—and later settled—there during the British Raj. The festival enacts the Battle of Karbala and plays the "tassa" and "dhol" drums.