Photos from last weekend. I visited my Halabja family for the 2nd time. It was a shorter visit, just a lot of eating. A lot of eating. They’ve invited me back this weekend for a seyran (picnic), which will involve around ten times the eating. I’m going to go, but I’m exhausted and full just thinking about it.

Afrah gian, dayay Halabja (Afrah, my Halabja mom)
Afrah gian, dayay Halabja (Afrah, my Halabja mom)
The courtyard.
The courtyard.
Oh, Hama is SUCH a Kurdish child. Mouth orange from a soda and holding a toy gun.
Oh, Hama is SUCH a Kurdish child. Mouth orange from a soda and holding a toy gun.
Hama and his dad. Parents and children are very very affectionate; it warms my heart to see it.
Hama and his dad. Parents and children are very very affectionate; it warms my heart to see it. They also slap each other around a lot. That doesn’t warm my heart so much.
Kubbe. Meat wrapped in sticky rice and then friedfriedfried. It's very fried.
Kubbe. Meat wrapped in sticky rice and then friedfriedfried. It’s very fried.
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One kettle filled with tea, the other with water.
Cha (tea) clean-up. You put all the tea supplies in the bowl: tea glasses, saucers, and teaspoons. Then you pour boiling water over it all and you're done.
Cha (tea) clean-up. You put all the tea supplies in the bowl: tea glasses, saucers, and teaspoons. Then you pour boiling water over it all and you’re done.

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