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Hundreds of Syrian Kurds celebrate Newroz with bright costumes, dancing

(21 Mar 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Qamishli, Syria - 21 March 2024 1. Various of women dancing Kurdish traditional dance during Newroz celebrations 2. Wide of celebrations with Kurdish flags and flags with face of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan 3. Women dancing 4. Crowd dancing 5. Newroz fire on tower 6. Pan across Newroz fire and crowd 7. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Nechir Ghanim, Newroz celebrations participant: “Actually, this year’s Newroz is very nice. For the Kurds, Newroz is the identity and it means life for us. I celebrate Newroz from all Kurdish people and the whole world.” 8. Various of musicians performing on stage 9. Pan of crowd watching performance 10. Various of audience clapping and dancing 11. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Hemrin Ali, co-chair of Kurdish self-rule administration in al-Jazira district: “We, at the self-rule administration put in all of our capacity, potential, and hope in Newroz 2024 to liberate all our cities that are under the control of the Turkish state. We also wish to have a solution for the Syrian crises and all other crises in the Middle East.” 12. People playing music and dancing 13. Various of women taking photos 14. Girl picking flowers 15. Wide of crowd in field STORYLINE: Dancing, music and costumes brought hundreds of Syrian Kurds together to celebrate Newroz on Thursday outside the northeastern city of Qamishli. The festivities symbolize the passing of the dark season, and the arrival of the season of light. The crowd, many in colourful dress, gathered around the stage and central torch to watch the performances. Newroz in Kurdish, or Nowruz in Farsi, means New Day and it is also known as Persian New Year, being celebrated across Syria, Iran, Turkey, and Iraq. The holiday, dating back to at least 1700 BC and incorporating ancient Zoroastrian traditions, is the most important event in the Iranian calendar and for Kurds in the region. But the festival has political importance as it symbolizes the Kurdish culture, and the struggle of the Kurds to have their own autonomous nation. The decorations around the event incorporated the Kurdish flag and banners with the face of Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party who is in prison in Turkey. AP video shot by Hogir Al Abdo =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...