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The Yazidi Tradition of Celebrating the New Year

Yazda2021

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Particuipants of the photography workshop captured one of the tradition, where broken egg shells are mixed with mud and placed above the door of Yazidi homes, providing the residents with luck and fertility for the following next year. The broken egg shells symbolize the formation of the earth . Its also forbidden to get married in April.

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  • Title: The Yazidi Tradition of Celebrating the New Year
  • Creator: Yazda
  • Date Created: 2021
  • Location Created: Bozan,Shekhan,Nineveh,Iraq
  • Type: Photograph
  • Art Form: Photography
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