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Dewrêşê Evdî: a Kurmanji epic as performed by the Berazi singer Baqî Xido = Dewresh, Son of Evdi

/ edited and translated by Barbara Sträuli

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  • strauli, Barbara, Traducteur
    • Language: anglaisCountry: ALLEMAGNEPublication: Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2017Description: 1 vol. (xvii, 243 pages); 24 cmppn: 22515613X SUDOCISBN: 978-3-447-10706-8 ; 3-447-10706-5Collection: Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe 3, Iranica, 15Classification: 23XK (Kurdish area), 800 (Literature)Abstract:
    The 200-year-old war epic 'Dewrê?ê Evdî' (Dewresh, son of Evdi) is a highlight of the singing tradition of the Berazi Kurds, a tale of intertribal conflict and tragic love. This bilingual edition is based on a 1987 performance by the famous singer Baqi Xido from Kobani. It is one of the first studies of this kind on Western Kurmanji oral literature. 0The introduction, glossary and notes reflect numerous interviews with older Berazi Kurds with a nomadic past. This research approach enabled a very close semantic reading of the epic. Introduction and notes include details on migrating habits, place names, artifacts, clothing and Bedouin custom law as well as memories of Berazi singers and their performances. These interviews were checked against travelers? accounts, scholarly research and photographs from the Western Jazira. Inquiries were also made into singers? tools of oral-formulaic composition and the oral genres of the region. 0As opposed to many Yezidi variants, the story of the Yezidi hero Dewrê? is here sung by a Muslim singer. Besides, Baqî Xido?s narrative mirrors factual relations among Kurds and Arabs up to World War II. As a result, there emerges the picture of a strong Kurmanji oral tradition in an ethnically mixed border region and shaped by the nomadic habits of the steppe
    Bibliography: Notes bibliogr. GlossaireSubject - Personal Name: Xido Baqî 1920-2009 Subject - Uniform Title: Dewrêşê Evdî | Dewrêşê Evdî Subject - Topical Name: Épopées Kurdistan | Littérature kurde | Kurmanji (dialecte) | Epic poetry, Kurdish | Tales -- Kurdistan | Tales -- Turkey, Eastern | Epic poetry, Kurdish -- History and criticism | Epic poetry, Kurdish -- Readings with music | Singers, Kurdish -- Syria -- Biography List(s) this item appears in: Pastoralismes - sélection transversale bibliographique RDC (documents empruntables)
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    Notes bibliogr. Glossaire

    The 200-year-old war epic 'Dewrê?ê Evdî' (Dewresh, son of Evdi) is a highlight of the singing tradition of the Berazi Kurds, a tale of intertribal conflict and tragic love. This bilingual edition is based on a 1987 performance by the famous singer Baqi Xido from Kobani. It is one of the first studies of this kind on Western Kurmanji oral literature. 0The introduction, glossary and notes reflect numerous interviews with older Berazi Kurds with a nomadic past. This research approach enabled a very close semantic reading of the epic. Introduction and notes include details on migrating habits, place names, artifacts, clothing and Bedouin custom law as well as memories of Berazi singers and their performances. These interviews were checked against travelers? accounts, scholarly research and photographs from the Western Jazira. Inquiries were also made into singers? tools of oral-formulaic composition and the oral genres of the region. 0As opposed to many Yezidi variants, the story of the Yezidi hero Dewrê? is here sung by a Muslim singer. Besides, Baqî Xido?s narrative mirrors factual relations among Kurds and Arabs up to World War II. As a result, there emerges the picture of a strong Kurmanji oral tradition in an ethnically mixed border region and shaped by the nomadic habits of the steppe

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