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It is nevruz time!

It is nevruz time! 

 

Nowrūz (Persian: نوروز, various local pronunciations and spellings) is the traditional new year holiday celebrated in Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bahrain, Armenia, Georgia, the countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, Northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans.

 But of course, the way it is celebrated in Turkey is problematic:

Newroz as celebrated by Kurds

 

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