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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Silenced Kurdish storytellers sing again | World news | The Guardian

Silenced Kurdish storytellers sing again

It is one of the few places in Turkey where neither blasting pop music nor flatscreen televisions entertain visitors: in the House of Dengbêj, the professional reciters of epics have gathered. One singer, his hand cupped behind his ear, recites a love story in song, unaccompanied by musical instruments.

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