Newroz Celebrations, Shoreditch Park
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Newroz Celebrations, Shoreditch Park
Image: © Danny P Robinson Taken: 1 Apr 2007
This was a Kurdish New Year event held in Shoreditch Park. This article explains why the New Year is celebrated towards the end of March by many Iranian and Turkic people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norouz The Gainsborough is in the background -- it is an apartment block aimed at younger urban professionals.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.533918
Longitude
-0.088196