Akre in Kurdistan: The CAPITAL OF NOWRUZ in Iraq

The biggest Nowruz celebration in Kurdistan in Iraq takes place here in Akre, every year on March 20th. Thousands of people, many wearing Kurdish traditional clothes, gather in this historical city in Iraq. In this video, I am travelling from Erbil to Akre to show you how Kurdish celebrate their new year: Nowruz.

More than 300 million people worldwide celebrate Nowruz and it has been celebrated for more than 3,000 years on the spring equinox. Nowruz is a universal celebration of new beginnings.

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