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Kurdish oral tradition

Dengbêj and oral tradition

The dengbêj singers and the Kurdish oral tradition of epic, lament and song.

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Foundations
Study time
12 h
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1
Status
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  1. Amir Sharifi, Zuzan Barwari (2020). The Oral Tradition of Dengbêjî : A Kurdish Genre of Verbal Art and Reported Speech. Kurdish Art and Identity. DOI 10.1515/9783110599626-007
  2. Joanna Bocheńska (2022). From Dengbêj to Modern Writer: Heritagization of the Kurdish Oral Tradition and Revitalization of the Kurdish Language in the Works of Mehmed Uzun and Mehmet Dicle. Iranian Studies. DOI 10.1017/irn.2022.1
  3. Verstraete, Pieter (2019). "Acting" under Turkey’s State of Emergency: A Conversation with Kurdish Artists about Theatre, the Dengbêj Tradition, and the First Kurdish Hamlet. Performance Matters. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.8024537
  4. Joanna Bocheńska (2025). Heritageization of Kurdish Oral Traditions. Springer eBooks. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-61493-5_131-1
  5. Memet Metin BARLIK, Nevzat AĞÇAKAYA (2023). Âşık ve Dengbêj İcralarında Dinleyici Rolü (Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz). Kurdiyat. DOI 10.55118/kurdiyat.1377751

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01About this course

Who it is for
Anyone; musicians, teachers and cultural organisers especially.
Format
Online with recordings and listening guides.
Study time
About 12 hours, estimated
Before you start
Nothing. Everyone is welcome.
Discipline
Kurdish oral tradition

02What you will be able to do

  • Describe the dengbêj tradition and its forms.
  • Follow a kilam with the help of a transcript.
  • Explain the place of oral history in Kurdish memory.
  • Record an elder’s song or story with consent.

03Modules

  1. 01

    What a dengbêj does

    Voice, memory and the gathering.

  2. 02

    Forms

    Epic, lament, love song and the stran.

  3. 03

    Famous kilams

    Selected recordings with transcripts.

  4. 04

    Oral history

    What songs remember that books do not.

  5. 05

    Revival

    Dengbêj houses and new generations.

  6. 06

    Recording ethically

    Consent, credit and archives.

04Assessment and completion

A consented recording of a song or story, with a short note.

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08Further reading

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  1. The Oral Tradition of Dengbêjî : A Kurdish Genre of Verbal Art and Reported Speech

    Amir Sharifi, Zuzan Barwari · 2020 · Kurdish Art and Identity

    ChapterCrossref

  2. From Dengbêj to Modern Writer: Heritagization of the Kurdish Oral Tradition and Revitalization of the Kurdish Language in the Works of Mehmed Uzun and Mehmet Dicle

    Joanna Bocheńska · 2022 · Iranian Studies

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  3. "Acting" under Turkey’s State of Emergency: A Conversation with Kurdish Artists about Theatre, the Dengbêj Tradition, and the First Kurdish Hamlet

    Verstraete, Pieter · 2019 · Performance Matters

    ArticleOpenAlexZenodoOpen accesspublic-domain

  4. Heritageization of Kurdish Oral Traditions

    Joanna Bocheńska · 2025 · Springer eBooks

    OtherOpenAlexOpen access

  5. Âşık ve Dengbêj İcralarında Dinleyici Rolü (Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz)

    Memet Metin BARLIK, Nevzat AĞÇAKAYA · 2023 · Kurdiyat

    ArticleCrossrefZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Dengbêj and oral tradition. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/dengbej-and-oral-tradition/

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Dengbêj and Oral Tradition.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/dengbej-and-oral-tradition/.

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	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/dengbej-and-oral-tradition/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/dengbej-and-oral-tradition/},
}

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