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Akre kicks off Newroz in Kurdistan with a bang
Kurds mark Newroz in solidarity with Afrin From Rudaw.net
21-03-2018 - Kurds and others welcome the new year as the sun fell on Tuesday night in the historically diverse city of Akre.
Akre, 60 kilometers north of the Kurdistan Region's capital of Erbil, is a picturesque area built into the mountains with a natural waterfall in the heart of the city.
People light torches and climb to the top of the winding mountain to illuminate the festivities and ring in the new year.
Men and women wear traditional clothing. This year a fireworks show provided an extra flare for attendees.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurds across the Kurdistan Region marked the arrival of Newroz differently from previous years in light of the fall of Afrin to the Turkish army and its Syrian proxies and the October 16 events, which saw Kurds withdraw from Kirkuk – widely considered the Jerusalem of Kurdistan.
Akre: Kurdish Newroz capital
Following the long-held Kurdish tradition, locals and visitors from the Kurdistan Region and beyond have begun the climb to bring the Newroz fire to the top of Akre mountain in the city’s unique celebration of the new year.
According to estimates from the Akre Tourism Department, some 25,000 people were expected to witness the lighting of Newroz fires in mountainous town of Akre in Duhok governorate.
“We expect a larger number of people visit Akre this year for Newroz,” Didar Ramazan, head of the tourism department, earlier told Rudaw. “We expect a large number of visitors to come from East Kurdistan [Iranian Kurdistan] and central and southern Iraqi provinces.”
Also speaking to Rudaw, activist Layla Ramazan said: “Our aim is to increase the number of visitors year after year to see the beauty of Newroz in Akre.”
The people of Akre say their town is the capital of Newroz – and want to make it official. Just as Sulaimani is known as the ‘Kurdish capital of culture’, Akre could officially take the title ‘capital of Newroz’//www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/200320181




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