General information

Call No.:

437-1-10:44/1

Part of series

HU OSA 437-1-10 Digital Archive of Cultural Heritage: Intangible Cultural Heritage: Recordings of Yezidi Culture of Northern Iraq: Yezidi Laments

Located at

Digital container #44 / No. 1

Legacy ID

437-1-10:6/1

Date

2017

Level

Item

Primary Type

Audio

Language

Kurmanji

Duration

17 min. 27 sec.

Notes

This is an audio recording covering videos 437-1-10:42/1 and 437-1-10:43/1, made with a separate recording device. This item is available in the Digital Repository.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Audio recording of semi-professional female stranbêj Basê Qasim and Khanif Muho (both from Siba Sheikh Khidir) singing the lament Li Ser Çiyayê Şingalê (On the Sinjar Mountain). While they claimed the lament itself was an old one, they said they had “added” to it their own stories about the sufferings of Yezidis at the hand of ISIS. The singing of the lament took place at the traditional spot designated for stranbêj on Mount Arafat at Lalish, during the Yezidi festival of Cema’iye.

Context

Associated Names

Spät, Eszter (Donor)

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Iraq