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EPISODE · Jun 18, 2024 · 10 MIN

Centuries-old Festival of St George celebrated in Northern Iraq

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In May each year, Assyrians in the villages of the Ashrafya-Nineveh plains celebrate the Saint George festival. Traditionally, lambs are sacrificed and their meat cooked as part of the saint's memorial. Naseem Sadiq attended the festival and filed this report.

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