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Nowruz in Kurdistan

, IRAN , KORDESTAN

Kurdish men, riding horse around the fire to celebrate Nowruz in Marivan, Kurdistan, Iran. Nowruz meaning The New Day, marks the first day of spring as the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is celebrated by people from diverse ethnic communities and religious backgrounds for thousands of years. Nowruz is also celebrated in Azerbaijan, the North Caucasus, Kurdish inhabited regions of eastern Turkey and Northern Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Photo: Bahman Shahbazi / IRAN IMAGES

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