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Shafaq News – Berlin
Iraqi Christians living in Germany
continue to mark Christmas through rituals rooted in their homeland,
maintaining language, food, and church traditions decades after leaving Iraq,
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Thursday.
DW follows Iraqi Christian families
who migrated years ago and gradually rebuilt communal life around newly
established Chaldean churches across German cities. These churches enable
worship in the Chaldean language and the observance of Christmas according to
Iraqi rites, an arrangement that community members view as offering a more
intimate and spiritual experience than earlier celebrations held in German
churches.
The report notes that Christmas also
unfolds beyond church walls, extending to family gatherings where traditional
dishes such as Bacha (sheep head and trotters) and Kleicha (Iraqi date-filled
pastries) remain central.
These customs often spark curiosity
among Germans, many of whom are surprised upon learning that Iraq is home to
long-established Christian communities.
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