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Which Kurdish spring festival, celebrated on March 21 with bonfires, traditional clothing and dancing, marks the new year and the mythological victory of Kawa the blacksmith over a tyrant king?
Answer: Newroz — Newroz (Nevruz), the spring equinox festival, commemorates in Kurdish tradition the liberation from the Assyrian tyrant Dehak by the blacksmith Kawa; it is celebrated with fire-jumping, picnics, and the halay dance across southeastern provinces.
- A Newroz ✓
- B Nevruz
- C Hidirellez
- D Gaxan
Newroz (Nevruz), the spring equinox festival, commemorates in Kurdish tradition the liberation from the Assyrian tyrant Dehak by the blacksmith Kawa; it is celebrated with fire-jumping, picnics, and the halay dance across southeastern provinces.