VIDEO: Young Assyrian rebuilds ancestral village to preserve culture of forefathers
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – An intense love for his forefathers inspired a young Assyrian man to rebuild his ancestral land and preserve the culture and ways of life of his ancestors.
Dani Asmaro, a Christian from the Nineveh Plains, had a goal: to resurrect a village in Al-Qosh where his grandfathers and great grandfathers once lived.
The initiative was born from a desire to breathe life into the old culture and antiquities of those who lived before him, Asmaro told Kurdistan 24.
“I have a love for the culture and history of my ancestors,” he stated. “I have a strong affection to my ancestral land, and that is why I want to rebuild the village in Al-Qosh.”
“The history books write that the village was located on the mountains,” Asmaro added.
Indeed, that is where he rebuilt the village, located high atop the mountains within the Nineveh Plains, about 20 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province.