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Mahya is a decorative art form consisting of illuminated texts and figures suspended on ropes stretched between two minarets of mosques with multiple minarets, particularly during the month of Ramadan and sacred nights. Traditionally lit by oil lamps, today these displays use electric bulbs. Etymologically derived from the Persian word "mâhiye," meaning "monthly" or "specific to the moon," this art serves as a traditional medium of communication, publicly expressing the collective joy, sorrow, a