The Yezidi Religious Music
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):309-30 1. Introduction: Types of Performances and Learning Techniques While the Yezidi religious textual tradition, including its collection, translation, and analysis, has… Read More
Religious Musical Knowledge and Modes of Transmission among the Kurdish Ahl-e Haqq of Gurān
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):341-62 Introduction The great astronomer and social commentator Adam Frank says: “We are fundamentally storytellers . . . . Every society . Read More
Introduction
By Philip Kreyenbroek, Khanna Omarkhali Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):193-198 Whilst the study of “oral verbal… Read More
“Let Me Tell You How it All Began”—A Creation Story Told by Nesimi Kılagöz from Dersim
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):363-88 The circumstances when we met were far from ideal.1 It was in 2009, in a suburban Istanbul hospital while… Read More
Dancing the Text
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):389-406 In rural Turkey,1 as in many places around the world, dance in its most basic and daily expression is… Read More
Men of Speech
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):407-18 A group of dervishes known as ʿAjam belonged originally to the dervishes without an order (bi-selsele). They are closely related to… Read More
Mîrza Mihemed / Mirza Pamat
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):419-40 The field studies of Neo-Aramaic dialects that have proliferated recently have yielded many folklore texts.1 During the author’s fieldwork… Read More
“Metran Îsa! Do Not Stir Up Trouble, Trouble Is Bad”
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):441-62 Introduction: General Remarks and Plot In this paper, we would like to present a popular Kurdish folk song, Metran Îsa, performed… Read More
About the Authors
Oral Tradition Volume 35, Number 2 Estelle Amy de la Bretèque Estelle Amy de la Bretèque holds a doctorate in anthropology and is an… Read More
Epic Inside-Out
Oral Tradition, 35/1 (2021):37-66 In spite of ourselves, epic absorbs us.1 And then we encounter issues that are more tangled… Read More