Nowruz celebration in Akre, Iraq by Ismael Adnan / SOPA Images
The town of Akre in the Duhok governorate celebrated Nowruz (the Persian New Year or the Kurdish New Year).The Persian New Year or the Kurdish New Year is an old Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds on the 20th of March of each year and coincides with the vernal equinox.
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