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Kurdish calendar

The Kurdish calendar is a special way that the Kurdish people keep track of time. They use it to know what day, month, and year it is.

Now, you know how we have a special day called New Year's Day? The Kurdish people also have a New Year's Day, but it's on a different day than ours. Their New Year's Day is called Newroz.

The Kurdish calendar has 12 months, just like ours, but they are different from ours. Each month has a special name, and they're named after things that are important to the Kurdish people, like the weather and nature.

The Kurdish calendar is also different from ours because they follow a different system for counting the years. Instead of starting from the time that Jesus was born, like we do, they start counting from a special event in their history. This special event happened a long time ago, and it's about a king who became very powerful and united many Kurdish tribes.

So, when a Kurdish person says that it's a certain year, they mean it's a certain number of years since that special event they use to start counting.

In summary, the Kurdish calendar is a special way that the Kurdish people keep track of time. It has 12 months and starts counting the years from a different event than we do. Each month is named after something important to the Kurdish people.