Analyzing the communicational functions of Imam Hussein's Rajaz in Ashura

This article tries - by studying the communicational function of the Epopees of Imam Hossein s followers in Ashura event- to understand the function of Epopee - as a traditional medium- in one of the most important Islamic events from the communicational aspect. Using the "functionalism theory" in studying the functions of communicational messages, it has been focused on "awareness" as one of the functions of communicational messages in this study and then by using the -step Lasswell model, the Epopees of Emam Hossein’s followers were studied from the aspect of their "awareness" function. The method used was "Qualitative content method". One of the results is that the Epopees of the followers of Emam Hossein in Ashura, besides the current functions of this traditional medium in that time -such as boasting the glories and courage to the Foe and declaring the warfare and the family of the warrior- has been in the same aim with the goals of Emam Hossein in the Ashura Rise and from this aspect, it has "awareness function".