Happy Nawroz - New Kurdish Year2712

Kurdish Kids

This photo was taken on March 20, 2012.

Kurdish Kids

This photo was taken on March 19, 2012. 

CELEBRATING NOWROZ
According to popular folklore Kurdish, the Kurdish New Year, the March 21 700 f.Kr, when the Kurdish blacksmith Kawa the Kurdish people are free from the tyrant Zuhak (EZH Dehak).
Zuhak was, according to folklore, an evil king who ruled Kurdish regional residents and the surrounding region, the enslavement of the Kurdish population. Zuhak must have suffered from a rare disease. According to the myth has two large snakes increased from the shoulders of the tyrant.
snakes that have threatened Zuhak eat your brains. The fear of death Zuhak place every day to feed the snakes with the brains of two young, a girl and a boy. Then comes a terrible period starting where young people have been killed to feed the snakes on his shoulders with Zuhaks your brain.
During this period, thousands of young people have been killed, including seven children in Sierra Kawase. Eventually, the Kurds have used the blacksmith Kawa to lead a rebellion against the evil king Zuhak.

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