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Dancing the chobi in Bartella, 1980

Place: Bartella
Date: 1980

Men and women in festive dress dance the chobi in the open air at Bartella in the Nineveh Plains, led by a man with a handkerchief; the Commons caption notes a lone zurna player at the centre. Dated 1980 by the source.

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Haleem Alkhatat · Tagged public domain on Commons; original source https://x.com/ArchiveAssyria/status/1521893995949047809

Dancing the chobi in Bartella, 1980

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