{"id":29712,"date":"2025-04-03T08:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/?p=29712"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:57:50","slug":"the-syriac-union-party-celebrates-akitu-in-the-village-of-girshiran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/?p=29712","title":{"rendered":"The Syriac Union Party Celebrates Akitu in the Village of Girshiran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Syriac Union Party organized a celebration for the Babylonian-Assyrian New Year, Akitu, in the village of Girshiran in Qabre Hewore, in the countryside of Qamishli. The event witnessed a large turnout of political and social figures from various regions of Syria.<br \/>\nDetails<br \/>\nIn a scene reflecting the depth of history and the continuity of heritage, the Syriac-Assyrian people in Syria celebrated Akitu, the Babylonian-Assyrian New Year, which dates back 6,775 years.<br \/>\nThe celebration took place in the village of Girshiran in the town of Qabre Hewore, in the countryside of Qamishli, with a significant presence of political and social figures from different Syrian regions, reaffirming the spirit of coexistence and cultural diversity that characterizes the country.<br \/>\nThe event began with welcoming speeches, followed by a minute of silence in honor of the martyrs&#8217; souls. The Scouting Band of the Syriac Cultural Association performed musical pieces inspired by the occasion.<br \/>\nAfterward, the co-presidents of the Syriac Union Party, Shamiram Danho and Sanharib Barsoum, delivered a speech emphasizing the importance of preserving national identity and continuing the struggle for the rights of the Syriac-Assyrian people.<br \/>\nFollowing their speech, the Yarthutha children&#8217;s troupe, affiliated with the Syriac Cultural Association in Qamishli, presented a folkloric performance, where children performed traditional dances inspired by the heritage of Beth Nahrain.<br \/>\nLater, Hassan Othman, the co-president of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration, delivered a speech highlighting cultural diversity and the necessity of preserving Syriac heritage in Syria.<br \/>\nDr. Waddah Khoury also delivered a speech during the event, followed by a performance by the Yarthutha adult troupe. 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The event witnessed a large turnout of political and social figures from various regions of Syria. Details In a scene reflecting the depth of history and the continuity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29726,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29712\/revisions\/29726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriac-union-party.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}