Kurdish New Year | Syrian Kurds celebrate Newroz with song and dance

Описание: Hundreds of people celebrated Newroz, or the Kurdish new year, in northeast Syria on Tuesday. Newroz in Kurdish, or Nowruz in Farsi, is also known as Persian New Year. Men and women in the Kurdish town of Qamishli welcomed their new year by lighting a giant torch, singing and dancing traditional Kurdish dances. Newroz, which means New Day in Kurdish, marks the beginning of spring and a new year based on the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar. The festivity is celebrated by various communities in Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. It symbolizes the passing of the dark season, and the arrival of the season of light. The holiday, which dates back to at least 1700 BC and incorporates ancient Zoroastrian traditions, is the most important event in the Iranian calendar and for Kurds in the region.

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