Hatrack River Forum: Happy Kurdish New Year

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Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

After all, this is Books, Films, and Culture, eh?

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Fires burn in the town of Akra, Iraq, as the nation celebrates Noruz, or the Kurdish New Year. Noruz occurs during the spring equinox and is calculated according to a solar calendar.

A small picture

And also, is it just me or is that Saruman in the background of this picture?

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[ March 21, 2005, 08:56 PM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Perhaps the Ayatollahs are raising an army of Uruk-Hai.