On the Problems of Studying Modern Zoroastrianism
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):251-66 Arguably, the problems of studying modern Zoroastrianism are not dissimilar to those associated with the study of Zoroastrianism in the ancient… Read More
Singing the Pain: Yezidi Oral Tradition and Sinjari Laments after ISIS
Oral Tradition, 35/2 (2022):267-92 Our girls fell into the hands of the kafir1They sold our girls to strange countriesThis girl… 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
“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
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
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