kurdish culture

[KURDISTANA RENGIN U XUSH]

SLAV EVERYBODY,
I WAS RECENTLY ASKED BY COWORKERS TO TEACH A KURDISH CULTURAL AWARNESS. MY QUESTIONS TO ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED TO HELP IS HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE OUR BEAUTIFUL CULTURE TO OTHER PEOPLE? SOME TOPICS THIER INTERESTED ARE ROLE OF WOMEN, RELIGION, A BIT OF HISTROY OF KURDISTAN? LANGUAGE? WHAT HARDSHIP ARE WE FACED RIGHT NOW IN DIFFERENT RIGIONS? ANY IDEAS AND INPUTS WILL BE HELPFUL. ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T WNAT TO POST PLEASE LET ME KNWO YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR IDEAS OR INPUTS .
ZUR SUPAS,
HAR KURDISTANA RENGIN U XUSH

[Diri]

In my 16 years of school, highschool, military service and now university - I have done several such presentations, "Kurdish Evenings" and such - to spread awareness about Kurds and Kurdistan...

What I find most important to present, is initially history, ethnic and linguistic kinship - and also society in Kurdistan. Also, I think it's important to present Kurdistan's natural beauty - through pictures. If possible, I think it's suitable to let people hear Kurdish music and see Kurdish clothes. Whenever I did a presentation or organized "Kurdish Evening"s - I wore Kurdish clothes myself - and asked some of my assistants to also wear Kurdish clothes - for example, I would make the teachers at my school and some classmates to wear Kurdish clothes (especially important to stress the female versions - since they are more diverse from region to region than the male one)... It is vital that you use audio and visual, and if possible also practical, instruments - such as images, music, singing, dancing etc. ---- I have sometimes brought up a couple of people to the front to teach them steps of Kurdish dances - it is a very nice way of breaking the ice and losing the formality...

Here is my suggestion to how you should present Kurds and Kurdistan:

1) A short oral introduction: Who are the Kurds?
2) A slideshow of pictures from scenarie in Kurdistan - although initially starting with a map of Kurdistan.
3) A map of a language-tree - showing Kurdish as part of Indo-European languages.
4) Picture of Kurds: elders, men and women working, weddings, funerals, children playing and other situations will be of great help to show what society in Kurdistan is like.
5) Show religious diversity and tolerance: pictures of Christian, Muslim, Êzidî, Zerdeshtî etc. holy shrines/temples and places... Lalesh is an important institution in ancient native Kurdish religion: Êzidism - which along with Ehlê-Heq and Elewî part of Yarsanism (Cult of Angels)...
6) Present the first Kurdish alphabet in Latînî standard as produced by Celadet Bedir Xan...
7) A short informational monolog about the last centurys Kurdish struggle for self-determination: "When, why and what went wrong?" - here you will speak of: Treaty of Sèvres (show map), Wilson Woodrows 14 points, Treaty of Lousanne (show map) and what happened later: Shêx Seîd, Republic of Ararat, Republic of Mahabad, Mella Mustefa Barzanî, Qazî Muhemed, Telebanî, Mustefa Barzanî, Abdullah Öcalan and Qasêmilû - here you can add whoever you find important to mention... Important thing is to give a short introduction and explain why they are important to mention!

I think the best way to end your presentation is to echo this line in the mind of the audience:

"It must be like the Kurds have always said: *We have no friends but the mountains* - How else could a 40 million strong nation, be stateless?"


I wish you the best of luck with your presentation and hope you do a good job in presenting to them the Kurds and Kurdistan...

Her serfiraz bî bira...

Bi rêz...

[KURDISTANA RENGIN U XUSH]

thank you so much kak diri, those were some great and very helpful information
thanks again
waxtek xosh.
HAR KURDISTANA RENGIN U XUSH

[Diri]

thank you so much kak diri, those were some great and very helpful information
thanks again
waxtek xosh.
HAR KURDISTANA RENGIN U XUSH

Keremke...

Glad to be of help and service...