Mesopotamia Q

Bave Fexro- from Dengbej House in Diyarbekir

2010-03-21T18:35:00.000-07:00

Negar Bouban: Roozi Hezaar at Alwan for the Arts

2010-03-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

Negar Bouban from Tehran, performing at Alwan for the Arts:
the final song of her performance: "roozi hezaar" (a thousand a day) by Baabak Boubaan with a poem by "Farrokh Tamimi"

Ahmed Arif in Karer

2009-03-02T07:05:00.000-08:00

We Gave Ourselves to the Mountains

2009-02-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

Interview with a Dede in Karer, (between Bingol and Kigi), about Elewi culture. Music by Ahmed Arif Kanisicak, video by Kelly Stuart and Emrah Kanisicak

Mecnunum Leylami Gordum, at Tekke, Karer

2009-02-06T11:34:00.000-08:00

Berivan

2008-12-27T23:58:00.000-08:00

Bulbulo

2008-10-14T00:15:00.000-07:00

This clip was shot in the village of Hircek, in Karer, during a rehearsal for the Karer Culture Festival.

Bulbulo
Bulbulo xêr e vê sibekê
Tu li ser darê xweş dinale
Ma tu jî weke min birîndar e
Keremke were em mijûl bin
Ka derdê te çiye
Bulbulo vê sibekê li ser darê dîsa tu çi dinale
Ax… wer xuya dike bulbulo tu jî weke min bêhal e
De eKzê nizanim tuyê ji derdê çiye ewqas bi ax û fîgan e
Bulbulo de were em mijûlbin
Keremke ji ser darê were xwar e
Bulbulo, vê sibekê tavek kate çi hum-humî
Ax kevir û kuçikên çiya û zinara li ser serê min hedimîn
Bulbulo tu perê darê ez bûme kewkurkek kula zinaran
Ax.. xêrnexwazan xera kirin germa buharê hêlîn li min herimî…
Bulbulo, bişewite mala Contirkan, komkirin xortên hêja ji her hêlê da
Birin bi vê qetera devê rê da, nizanim dibin bi çi hêlê da
Li dû wan mane bûkên dest bi hine, di paş ko û perdê da bulbulo…
Ax… derd û kederên min ev in bulbulo ev çiya hatiye bi ser ê min re penê da
Xerîb im, bêks im, bêhal im de yar yar… lo lo bulbulo…

Koma Zugur at Karer Kultur Festival

2008-10-03T03:27:00.000-07:00

Nightingale of Amed (new edit)

2008-05-04T10:16:00.000-07:00

This is a short documentary of Seyidxan Boyaci, the Dengbej of Amed. New footage from last summer (2007). His voice is still amazing at 75 plus, but he's been ailing. He came to Diyarbekir after losing his parents at the age of 5, worked as a shoe shiner, walked the streets, endured lonliness, and hunger. He remembers when the streets were so peaceful they were full of storks, and later when the Turkish army occupied the mosques of the city. He was once told by authorities that if he sang inside the city walls they would cut out his tongue, and he laughs when he remembers this, and then begins to sing one more klam.

Bave Fexro & Arix

2008-05-02T22:07:00.001-07:00

Emrah Kanisicak, Serhan Erkol, Ozan Aksoy, at Alwan for the Arts.

Xezal: Amed Arif Kanisicak/

2007-11-10T14:10:00.000-08:00

Montage of Diyarbekir, images of prision near where Shey Said was hung, images of Hasankeyf.

Husseyin Kal and Mesut Kanisicak

2007-10-31T01:20:00.001-07:00

Amed Arif Kanisicak Divan Baglama, Fadime, Bread

2007-10-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

Amed Arif Kanisicak Divan Baglama, Bread, Fatma Montage Karer Amed Arif Kanısıcak divan bağlama eşliğinde Haydar Haydar çalarken Fadime bacının pişirdiği sıcacık 'nane genım'

Amed Arif Kanisicak/Divan Baglama

2007-10-22T02:22:00.000-07:00

Husseyin Kal and Mesut Kanisicak: Songs from Sirnan/Karer

2007-10-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

Nawala gundé me dare
Nariné le bı nariné le bı narina mın.
Daran gırti hınare
Nariné le bı borké le bı delala mın.

Nawala gundé me guze
Nariné le bı nariné le bı narina mın.
Jé derket refık gize,
Nariné le bı sisıké le bı delala mın.

Nawala gundé me siye
Nariné le bı ğezal é le bı çavreşa mın.
Ber da gawax u biye,
Nariné le bı nariné le bı narina mın.

Karşıdan görünen hey dost ne güzel yayla

2007-10-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

rough translation:

Up there, look friend, how beautiful is the summer place (yayla)
One moment, I couldn’t go on, by god, this way I go
My Pir with the colorful eyes, help me
From the Yayla, look friend, I go to the Shah

If you see me, look friend, I will be a garden
Black earth, if I’m above you
Look friend, To the tongue of the people, I will be a legend
From the Yayla, look friend, I go to the Shah

If they allowed it, look friend, the water had been taken
If they allowed it, look friend, prayers had been made
We who say shah, look friend, they kill
From the Yayla, look friend, I go to the Shah

I’m Pir Sultan Abdal, look friend, no one stays in this world
Life is gone. it doesn’t come back
My eyes don’t leave the road of the Shah
From the Yayla, look friend, I go to the Shah

This song is from a poem by Pir Sultan Abdal who was hung by the Ottoman's Hizar Pasha around 1550 for refusing to write a poem that didn't mention Shah Ismail (leader of Savafid dynsty in Iran). Pir Sultan Abdal is an important figure for the Alevi's, a symbol of resistance to authoritarianism.

from bendenkalan

2007-10-01T22:06:00.000-07:00

Dengbej Imam: Karer

2007-09-19T16:42:00.000-07:00

Krive: Emrah Kanisicak, Ozan Aksoy, Atakan Sari

2007-09-19T16:40:00.000-07:00

Nightingale of Amed: Seyidxan Boyaci, Diyarbakir Dengbej

2007-09-19T16:38:00.001-07:00

Evin: Emrah Kanisicak, Ozan Aksoy

2007-09-19T16:35:00.000-07:00

ben seni sevduğumi: Emrah Kanisicak, Ozan Aksoy

2007-09-19T16:34:00.001-07:00

Mamos: Emrah Kanisicak, Atakan Sari, Ozan Aksoy

2007-09-19T16:31:00.001-07:00

Mecnunum Leylami Gordum: Emrah Kanisicak, Ozan Aksoy

2007-09-19T16:27:00.000-07:00

Ey Zahit Sarapa Eyle Ihtiram: Emrah Kanisicak, Atakan Sari, Ozan Aksoy

2007-09-19T16:22:00.000-07:00