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Reuters
Demonstrators gather around a bonfire to celebrate Newroz in Ankara, March 21. The Newroz has traditionally been used as an opportunity to highlight separatist demands by Kurdish rebels and police had to intensify security against possible violence as tensions run high ahead of nationwide general elections. Newroz, the Farsi-language word for "new year", is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran.
AP
A Turkish Kurd jumps over a bonfire as people gather to celebrate the Newroz in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 20.
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Is the writer feeling ok haha? Why should kurds celebrate a persian new year when they can celebrate thier own kurdish new year?
If the writer is persian himself than stop spreading your propaganda whenever you have the chanse to do so.
I hope this is misstake or else this newssite can not be looked at seriosly.
It's not Persian, it's Iranian, in other words, Aryan. That means both Kurds and Persians share the same festival, witha bunch of other nations from Balkans to India.