What a Picture from Iraq, WOW!

[ASHOOR]

Anyone got this email from Aina? What a picture this is, love it! No, this is not a Zowaa parade, even though the numbers would make you think so...



It is actually of people out to celebrate Palm Sunday

Al Hamdanyia, North Iraq (AINA) -- Thousands of Assyrians participated in a procession through the Assyrian town of Baghdede to celebrate Palm Sunday according to the Syriac Catholic Church rite. The town of Baghdede lies just a few kilometers from the city of Mosul where there are still terrorist attacks. The overall increase in security is however being felt across Iraq and allowing for increased freedom for religious and national celebrations among the Assyrian community


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[ASHOOR]

Where are the terrorists and enemies of our nation to see this. They thought they could initimidate us and make us scared to practice our religion. This picture clearly tells a different story...

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[davidb]

Wow. There must be up to 100,000 people in this shot itself.

[ASHOOR]

I was just going to ask what you guys think is a rough estimate of how many people are in the picture. Thanks David. I thought between 75,000 and 100,000.

I have searched so much for a software that can scan a certain image and gives you an estinate of how many people are in it, and didn't find anything. That is a software I would love to develop, would come in so handy for our Assyrian events and functions.

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[ASHOOR]

I wonder if our friend Chaldean was here, although this is in Nineveh, and he was in Dohuk a few days ago.

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[davidb]

It's a rough estimate, but it must be something close to those numbers, just look at how far back they go.

[Carlo]

75,000-100,000? Let's not get crazy now, that's more than double the population of the town itself.

I'd say that there are around 10,000 (15,000 tops), which is still a pretty impressive number. It's the image that's amazing, not the numbers.

[Dalida]

Amazing picture!

75,000-100,000? Let's not get crazy now, that's more than double the population of the town itself.

I'd say that there are around 10,000 (15,000 tops), which is still a pretty impressive number. It's the image that's amazing, not the numbers.

Is it not possible that people from surrounding towns came as well?

[Enki]

Amazing picture!


Is it not possible that people from surrounding towns came as well?

Lah

[ASHOOR]

Carolo, I am sure it is not the town itself, more like all the surrounding towns.

A good way to get an estimate of number of people in the picture, is to compare it to pictures with similar attributes (concerts, political speeches etc.) and you would arrive at such a number.

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[Dalida]

Lah

You shush!

[ASHOOR]

Here guys, look at this picture I just edited: there is about 125 people in that square I drew (accounting for the space too). Now do that, how many squares can you have from this crowd? You can do two of these squares from the width of the street. So we are left with the length of the street, and as you can see, the crowd streches very long, you can't even see the whole thing on the picture.




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[Knight]

In the pic.....they wont go past a few thousand...


But it's pretty impressive.

[davidb]

Carolo, I am sure it is not the town itself, more like all the surrounding towns.

A good way to get an estimate of number of people in the picture, is to compare it to pictures with similar attributes (concerts, political speeches etc.) and you would arrive at such a number.

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Exactly.

A few thousand?

Look at how far back they go..!

[Rumtaya]

HAHAHAHAHA shoreelakhu beedraasha bot kmaa ewa go daha kpaashta ..... ah Assyrians I just love them arguing about almost everything... Guys wanna do a bet on how many thousands they are? I give a first Raise 200$ on less then 15 000 :D anyone makes a call?


nice picture

[ASHOOR]

Rumtaya haha. Not really an argument, but this is how you get to a final answer: by debating something back and fourth. Sometimes it takes such a debate to see a point which you didn't see earlier.

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[Rumtaya]

Rumtaya haha. Not really an argument, but this is how you get to a final answer: by debating something back and fourth. Sometimes it takes such a debate to see a point which you didn't see earlier.

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I guess you make a call + raise :D

I know bro, just was joking

[Aga]

In the pic.....they wont go past a few thousand...


But it's pretty impressive.

It could be some thousand but it doesn´t matter and what matter is that they gethered and celeberated akito in peacefull.and where does this took a place? in dahouk?

[Rumtaya]

It could be some thousand but it doesn´t matter and what matter is that they gethered and celeberated akito in peacefull.and where does this took a place? in dahouk?

Its not Akitu my friend, but it was palmsundays celebration. Thats why they are holding a Jesus Picture at the front.

[Aga]

Its not Akitu my friend, but it was palmsundays celebration. Thats why they are holding a Jesus Picture at the front.

OKi, thanks,but nice any waye....

[Aga]

Its not Akitu my friend, but it was palmsundays celebration. Thats why they are holding a Jesus Picture at the front.

Where did this take  place?

[GodismyJudge]

Where did this take  place?

It says in the article: Baghdede

[rumrum]

Who cares about how many people there? Are you guys really concerned about numbers? haha 

A picture tells a thousand words..and this one was powerful enough.

[Jones]

75,000-100,000? Let's not get crazy now, that's more than double the population of the town itself.

I'd say that there are around 10,000 (15,000 tops), which is still a pretty impressive number. It's the image that's amazing, not the numbers.

You're rite. Even that's pushing it a bit dnt u think? 

Anyway, it's still amazing. Shalikh Murya khameelun nashan min dishminan, takhrikhlun b sloota kud yuum.

 

[davidb]

15,000 pushing it? lol

Next time you go to a football match come back and give me another estimate.

[Enki]

Ummmm.....I'd like to think there were 100,000 people there.

How can I come up with that? Easy! I made it up to look good

We have to do this when we submit photos to the media or anything that involves number of participants. Don't be scared to exaggerate your numbers a bit. It always looks good. And hell, the media always blows things out of proportion so they'll buy into it!

[Aga]

Ummmm.....I'd like to think there were 100,000 people there.

How can I come up with that? Easy! I made it up to look good

We have to do this when we submit photos to the media or anything that involves number of participants. Don't be scared to exaggerate your numbers a bit. It always looks good. And hell, the media always blows things out of proportion so they'll buy into it!

Sometime is good to exaggerate things for propaganda but it has to be reasonable, something like this one can´t bee 100 000 people cause the whole city of this city(Hamdaniye) is about 40 000 Assyrians, then how come that this got to be 100 000, even if you incounting the villages around this city,yet it cant  be 100 000 cause the number of Assyrians in Mosul plain according ADM, is about 150 000 Assyrians,so this doesn´t make any sense?,therefore you shouldn´t exaggerating to much, cause no one will believe you anyway, it is much better if you say a reasonable number for good propaganda for your people.... anyway, the point is that they have gathered and done a beutiful thing and they appeared as fearless and they are not affraid of terorists and they are still alive......

[Jones]

15,000 pushing it? lol

Next time you go to a football match come back and give me another estimate.

lol. okay maybe ur rite  I did an estimate by counting how many groups of ten people there are roughly.
I think I was just in disbelief because of all the bad things you hear about happening goo atra, so to think of so many Atourayeh out together in the midst of it....AMAZING. Murya ow'weh mineh. 

[Enki]

Sometime is good to exaggerate things for propaganda but it has to be reasonable, something like this one can´t bee 100 000 people cause the whole city of this city(Hamdaniye) is about 40 000 Assyrians, then how come that this got to be 100 000, even if you incounting the villages around this city,yet it cant  be 100 000 cause the number of Assyrians in Mosul plain according ADM, is about 150 000 Assyrians,so this doesn´t make any sense?,therefore you shouldn´t exaggerating to much, cause no one will believe you anyway, it is much better if you say a reasonable number for good propaganda for your people.... anyway, the point is that they have gathered and done a beutiful thing and they appeared as fearless and they are not affraid of terorists and they are still alive......

Easy...not everyone in the crowd was an Assyrian. There were thousands of Arabs that came as well as thousands that came from Syria to spend easter there.

We are also forgetting the many that came up for Akitu from all over Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and everywhere else that could have attended.

Also, don't forget the KDP and their spy's that are attempting to infiltrate this procession....

There's your 100,000

Or at least 75,000 lol

[Jones]

Also, don't forget the KDP and their spy's that are attempting to infiltrate this procession....

True. As well as other enemy spies....