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Hear about journey to Kurdistan in northern Iraq because the Novice Traveler talks to Mansoureh Farahani from travelwithmansoureh.com about her travels on this off-the-beaten-path vacation spot.
Mansoureh says, “If persons are focused on tradition, undoubtedly they need to journey to Kurdistan. In the event that they love good meals, not good for vegetarians or vegans, however if you’re a meat eater, you undoubtedly have to go to the center east and Kurdistan. And so they have so many scrumptious meals. And if you wish to meet new individuals and also you wish to make associates, Kurdish persons are the most effective. You’re feeling like you’re so welcome there. And in addition historical past. The area has an extended historical past and wealthy historical past, and so they have completely different religions, and likewise they’ve numerous historical past about Christianity, Islam, and likewise Yazidism, a distinct faith.”
We begin in Erbil which is the largest metropolis and the capital of Kurdistan. In Erbil, Mansoureh suggests visiting the bazaar and likewise the citadel. the citadel of Erbil is a World Heritage Web site. Individuals have occupied the citadel mound since at the least the fifth century B.C. When it’s time to go away, seize a shared taxi to Dohuk, which is within the mountains within the north.
The origins of Dohuk return to the stone age. Like a lot of the area, it was dominated by many various empires, together with the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Mongols, and Ottomans. Mansoureh means that Dohuk is an efficient place to discover nature with some hikes.
Her subsequent cease was Akre the place she attended a Nowruz (Persian New Yr) celebration. The pageant is widely known originally of Spring and options early morning torch processions in a celebration of the victory of sunshine over darkness.
She visited the city of Lalish, which is a holy metropolis in Yazidism.
Lastly she visited town of Sulaymaniyah, nearer to the Iranian border. The trendy metropolis was based by an Ottoman-Kurdish prince within the 1700s.
Kurdistan is off the vacationer path. Chances are you’ll end up relying in your translation app or vacationer charades, however Mansoureh thinks you’ll take pleasure in this area and its individuals.
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Present Notes
Journey With Mansoureh
Iraq Kurdistan
Erbil
Duhok
Akre
Nowruz
Lalish
Yazidism
Rabban Hormizd Monastery
Journey to Northern Iraq (Podcast) – Novice Traveler
Sulaymaniyah
Amna Suraka
Akre in Kurdistan: The CAPITAL OF NOWRUZ in Iraq
Group
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Erbil pictures by YAMEN DAWOOD from Pixabay and by Saad Salim on Unsplash
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