Talabani adviser: President Talabani will deliver a speech on the occasion of nawroz festivals

Tuesday, 05 March 2013 22: 03 Ambassador news

{Baghdad Ambassador: News}

Media
quoted Kurdish President Jalal Talabani Adviser Abdullah Haji Saeed as
saying that Talabani will return to Kurdistan before nawroz celebrations
and that the President's health is improving and he can now stand and
walk, and that his memory is excellent and knows all the people who
visit him.

"The President is scheduled to deliver a speech on the
occasion of feasts Talabani noruz and has initiated functions as
President soon.


(This article is about the Kurds celebrating the Iranic feast of Nowruz. For the main article, see Nowruz.


Kurdish students celebrate Newroz in Dicle University.
Newroz or Nûroj[1] (Kurdish: نه‌ورۆز/Newroz/Nûroj, also: Gulus[2] Kurdish: گوڵوس) refers to the celebration of the traditional Iranian new year holiday of Newroz in Kurdish society. The festival of Newroz is celebrated throughout the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia such as in Iran, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. Newroz is also celebrated by some communities in Pakistan and Turkey. In Kurdish legend, the holiday celebrates the deliverance of the Kurds from a tyrant, and it is seen as another way of demonstrating support for the Kurdish cause.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The celebration coincides with the Northward equinox which falls mainly on 21st March [9] and the festival is held usually between 18 and 24 March. The festival currently has an important place in the terms of Kurdish identity for the majority of Kurds, mostly in Turkey and Syria.[3][4][5][7] Though celebrations vary, people generally gather together to welcome the coming of spring; people wear coloured clothes and dance together.[10][11])