Newroz spring festival

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Kurdish tradition New Year celebration cultural festival spring festival

The Newroz spring festival is a traditional Kurdish celebration marking the arrival of spring and the Kurdish New Year, symbolizing renewal, resistance, and cultural identity.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Nowruz 2
Kurdish New Year 1
New Year in April (Çarşema Sor) 1
Novruz 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish tradition ⓘ
New Year celebration ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
spring festival ⓘ
associatedWith Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
cultural performances ⓘ
political demonstrations ⓘ
story of Kawa the Blacksmith ⓘ
celebratedBy Kurds ⓘ
celebratedIn Kurdistan Province (Iran) ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Kurdistan

Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurdish diaspora communities ⓘ
Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan region

Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Kurdistan

Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Kurdistan
followsCalendar spring equinox ⓘ
hasDance govend ⓘ
hasDate around 20 March ⓘ
around 21 March ⓘ
hasFood traditional Kurdish dishes ⓘ
hasMusic Kurdish folk music ⓘ
hasMythologicalBackground legend of Kawa the Blacksmith ⓘ
overthrow of tyrant Zahhak ⓘ
hasRitual family gatherings ⓘ
jumping over fires ⓘ
lighting bonfires ⓘ
picnics in nature ⓘ
public celebrations ⓘ
singing Kurdish songs ⓘ
traditional Kurdish dancing ⓘ
wearing traditional Kurdish clothing ⓘ
hasTheme freedom ⓘ
hope ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
observedBy Alevism ⓘ
surface form: Alevi Kurds

Kurds ⓘ
surface form: Shia Kurds

Kurds ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Kurds

Yazidis ⓘ
surface form: Yazidi Kurds
partOf Kurdish intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
recurs annually ⓘ
sharesTraditionWith Newroz spring festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nowruz

Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
surface form: Persian New Year
symbolizes Newroz spring festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish New Year

Kurdish cultural identity ⓘ
arrival of spring ⓘ
renewal ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
usesLanguage Kurdish ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yazidism → calendarFeature → Newroz spring festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Year in April (Çarşema Sor)
Kurds → culturalTrait → Newroz spring festival ⓘ
Iranian peoples → sharesCulturalTradition → Newroz spring festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Newroz spring festival → sharesTraditionWith → Newroz spring festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nowruz
Newroz spring festival → symbolizes → Newroz spring festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish New Year
Azerbaijanis → traditionalHoliday → Newroz spring festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novruz