Shade of Earth by Abbas Kowsari (Iran, 1970)
Every year hundreds of thousand Iranians visit the fronts of the Iran -Iraq war (1980-1988) during their New Year (Noruz) holiday, in the last week of March. This trip is called ‘ Rahian-e Noor’, or, Caravan of Light. The pilgrims, often family members of those who died, travel with busses from all over the country to visit the places where the fighting was the heaviest. Iran lost over half a million soldiers during the eight year trench war with neighbouring Iraq.
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