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Arts

Dengbêj, maqam, dance, cinema and crafts.

  • Dengbêj

    Singer-storytellers of the Kurmanji oral tradition

  • Maqam and stran

    Sorani and Hawrami song traditions

  • Tanbur and daf

    Sacred and Sufi instruments

  • Govend and halparkê

    Circle dances at weddings and Newroz

  • Cinema

    Yılmaz Güney, Bahman Ghobadi, Hiner Saleem

  • Kilims and carpets

    Senneh and Bijar weaving

  • Klash

    Hand-made cotton shoes of Hawraman

  • Dress

    Kiras, fistan, şal û şapik

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Arts},
	url = {https://kurds.global/heritage/arts/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/heritage/arts/},
}

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    Memet Metin BARLIK, Nevzat AĞÇAKAYA · 2023 · Kurdiyat

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    Aza Kamala, Hossein Hassani · 2022 · Engineering Proceedings

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    Gönenç Hongur · 2022 · Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

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    Kelen Pessuto · 2021 · GIS – Gesto Imagem e Som – Revista de Antropologia

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  10. Kurdish Music as Literature: Some Historical Considerations

    Jon E. Bullock · 2023 · Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature

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