Happy Newroz Message
To all the sisters at Siinqee İnstitute, warm greetings from Kurdistan, from Jineolojî Academy. In 2025, in the era of hegemony wars, as the people’s of the world we need peace, democracy and freedom more than ever. Newroz has been the symbol of resistance for existence for Kurdish people. This year, Kurdish people, in all 4 part of Kurdistan are welcoming Newroz, with the decisiveness for freedom, peace and democracy. Spring is giving birth to freedom! Happy Newroz! Long live freedom!
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Slavên germ ji bo hemû xwişkên me yên Enstituya Sinquee, ji Kurdistanê, ji Akademiya Jineolojî. Di sala 2025, di serdema şerên hegemonî de, weke gelen cîhanê ji her demê zêdetir, pêwistiya me bi aşîtî, demokrasî û azadiyê heye. Newroz, ji bo gelê Kurd sembola berxwedana hebûnê ye. İsal, li her 4 beşê Kurdistanê, gelê Kurd bi biryardariya azadî, aştî û demokrasî, Newrozê peşwazî dikin. Bihar, zayina azadiyê ye. Newroz pîroz be! Bijî Azadî!
Baga Booqaa Birraa Geessan !
Happy Irrecha !
Oromo Thanksgiving
Irreecha is an Indigenous Oromo thanksgiving celebration. The word irreecha simply means lush green grass plucked and offered for gratitude, blessings, or prayers. But irreecha is also a weeks-long national thanksgiving festival marking seasonal transitions annually and in resonance with natural phenomena.
The most colorful irreecha celebrated across the Oromo land and in the Oromo diaspora around the world is the one around the end of September, marking the end of the rainy season. In many cases, Oromos and their friends gather for annual rituals of thanksgiving, cleansing, renewal, and affirmation.
Happy Lunar New Year!
Greetings from a Southeast Asian Siinqee Sister!!!! As many communities celebrate Lunar New Year 2025, we send greetings of joy and good fortune to all those connected with us in mutual appreciation and friendship across the global community. There are many aspects of the Lunar New Year that is marked by each family and community. In my own family's traditions, we pay close attention to the zodiac signs of the celebrated year.
2025 is marked as the year of the Wood Snake, which symbolizes wealth and wisdom, as well as the pursuit of love and happiness. The Snake, often a symbol of feminism, is the most tenacious of the 12 zodiac animals. The Wood, among the 5 natural elements, represents growth, flexibility, and tolerance. Thus, for any person born under the Wood Snake, and for all of us in general, may this year bring us resiliency, courage, and confidence to persevere in the face of adversity.
I share a few images recently captured from my homeland of Tra Vinh, Vietnam. The first shows green rice plants with the developing grains visible. The rice that grows from these lands which are fed by the famed Mekong Delta, is sacred to so many who rely deeply on this rice for physical as well as spiritual strength and nourishment. The second is the pomelo tree, a fruit that represents abundance and good fortune, which grows in unity alongside the coconut.
May 2025 bring all of you good fortune and deep connection within yourself, your family, your community, and your ancestral knowledges, as we courageously preserve together in love, unity, and solidarity.
ANH NGO, PhD, RSW (she/her)
