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Newroz (Kurdish new year)
Kurdish communities mark Newroz on 21 March with fires, festive dress and gatherings, and retell the story of Kawa and the tyrant Zahhak. It falls with Nowruz and has its own customs and name.
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Newroz (Kurdish new year) · gregorian · 21 March
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Newroz (Kurdish new year)
Kurdish communities mark Newroz on 21 March with fires, festive dress and gatherings, and retell the story of Kawa and the tyrant Zahhak. It falls with Nowruz and has its own customs and name.
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Newroz (Kurdish new year)
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21 fixed-date days · this one in redJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECPS752 remembrance · 8 JanuaryWoman, Life, Freedom anniversary · 16 SeptemberNewroz (Kurdish new year) · 21 MarchRumi’s birthday · 30 SeptemberConstitutional Revolution, decree of 5 August 1906 · 5 AugustCyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder · 29 OctoberBam earthquake remembrance · 26 DecemberHalabja remembrance · 16 MarchKurdish Journalism Day · 22 AprilKurdish Language Day · 15 MaySeb-i Arus (Rumi's wedding night) · 17 DecemberArmenian Christmas and Theophany · 6 JanuaryKha b-Nisan (Assyrian new year) · 1 AprilChristmas (Assyrian and Chaldean churches) · 25 DecemberForough Farrokhzad remembrance · 13 FebruarySadegh Hedayat remembrance · 9 AprilSardasht chemical attack remembrance · 28 JuneIran Air Flight 655 remembrance · 3 JulyManjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance · 21 JuneKermanshah earthquake remembrance · 12 NovemberBaloch Culture Day · 2 March
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PS752 remembrance8 JanuaryWoman, Life, Freedom anniversary16 SeptemberRumi’s birthday30 SeptemberConstitutional Revolution, decree of 5 August 19065 AugustCyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder29 OctoberBam earthquake remembrance26 DecemberTopics
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