May Newroz, the Kurdish New Year bring everyone peace and proseprit


'May Newroz, the Kurdish New Year bring everyone
peace and proseprit
Newroz or Nûroj (Kurdish:Newroz/Nûroj, also: Gulus Kurdish: refers to the celebration of the traditional Iranian new year
holiday of Newroz in Kurdish society.

The festival of Nowruz is celebrated
throughout the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia such as in Iran,Turkey,Syria
Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
Newroz is also celebrated by some communities in Iran Turkey
Irak Syria Pakistan and Afganistan.
In Kurdistan,Kurdish legend, the holiday celebrates the deliverance
of the Kurds from a tyrant, and it is seen as another way of demonstrating
support for the Kurdish cause.
The celebration coincides with the spring equinox
which falls mainly on 21 March and the festival is held usually between 18 and
24 March.
The festival currently has an important place in the terms of Kurdish
identity for the majority of Kurds, mostly in Turkey and Syria.
Though
celebrations vary, people generally gather together to welcome the coming of
spring; people wear coloured clothes and dance together.