CONVERSATIONS
The Voice of Society
ALEKSANDRA KOTECKA, TOMASZ WIERZBOWSKI
The Voice of Society
Dengbej Kazo explains who the dengbej are and what it means to be one. This is a story about the extraordinary power of art and about how singing can influence the shaping and preservation of the identity of a whole nation despite all odds. Interview translated from Turkish by Aram Kerovpyan.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND NAMES
- Diyarbakır
- Dengbêj
- Hacı Abdülkerim - Filito kuto
- Hacı Abdülkerim - Xelilo
- Dengbej H. Abdülkerim, Şakıro, Kazo - Hawer Delal
- Fuad Ahmed - Le Siley Qebiran
- Fuad Ahmad - Ay Dlay Xambar
- Ali Merdan - Fatima
- Ali Merdan - Gyana Basyati
- Hassan Zirak - Kaki jotyar
- Hassan Zirak - Hewri Ler
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND NAMES
- Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır – is one of the largest cities in Turkey. Situated on the banks of the Tigris River, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province of southeastern Turkey. It is the third-largest city in Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Region.
- Dengbêj
Dengbêj – is a Kurdish music genre and/or a singer of the music genre Dengbêj. Dengbêjs are singing storytellers. There have been many terms to describe Dengbêjs throughout history, but today Dengbêj is the best known, and also several singing storytellers use Dengbêj as part of their (artistic) name.
- Hacı Abdülkerim - Filito kuto
- Hacı Abdülkerim - Xelilo
- Dengbej H. Abdülkerim, Şakıro, Kazo - Hawer Delal
- Fuad Ahmed - Le Siley Qebiran
- Fuad Ahmad - Ay Dlay Xambar
- Ali Merdan - Fatima
- Ali Merdan - Gyana Basyati
- Hassan Zirak - Kaki jotyar
- Hassan Zirak - Hewri Ler
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