Calendar

Festivals, remembrance and civic days

The days the community keeps, wherever it lives.

02Day

Day	Date	Kind	About
Newroz Newroz / نەورۆز	March 21	Festival	Kurdish new year and national day: the legend of Kawa the blacksmith and hillside bonfires.
Kurdish Journalism Day Roja Rojnamegeriya Kurdî	April 22	Civic	Anniversary of the first Kurdish newspaper, Kurdistan, Cairo, 1898.
Kurdish Language Day Roja Zimanê Kurdî	May 15	Cultural	Anniversary of the journal Hawar, 1932.
Kurdistan Flag Day ڕۆژی ئاڵای کوردستان	December 17	Civic	Observed in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Republic of Mahabad کۆماری مەهاباد	January 22	Remembrance	Proclamation of the Republic of Mahabad, 1946.
Kobanî liberation Rizgariya Kobanî	January 26	Remembrance	End of the siege of Kobanî, 2015.
Halabja remembrance هەڵەبجە	March 16	Remembrance	Chemical attack on Halabja, 1988.
Anfal remembrance ئەنفال	April 14	Remembrance	Remembrance of the Anfal campaign, observed in the Kurdistan Region.
Yazidi genocide remembrance Fermana Şengalê	August 3	Remembrance	ISIS attack on Shingal, 2014.
Dersim remembrance Dersim	1937 to 1938 (communities mark different dates)	Remembrance	Massacres and deportations in Dersim.
Çarşema Sor (Red Wednesday) Çarşema Sor	first Wednesday of April in the Julian-based Yazidi calendar	Religious	Yazidi new year.
Cejna Êzîd Cejna Êzîd	December (variable)	Religious	Yazidi feast after a three-day fast.
Eid al-Fitr (Cejna Remezanê)	1 Shawwal	Religious	End of the fast of Ramadan.
Eid al-Adha (Cejna Qurbanê)	10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Religious	Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj.