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Title:Sorcery Books for Healing
Qustan108
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Hanno Acar
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-08-28
Description:Hanno explains about the a type of sorcery, which was used to heal illnesses. This was the substitute for doctors at the time. He also informs us about a specific healing book, which was passed down to two particular families, and explains that the church authorities opposed such healings.
The Beth Qustan dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, which is the language of Tur 'Abdin, South Eastern Turkey, with an estimated 20 families remaining in the village.This project will document socio-cultural practices of the Turoyo speaking community in Tur 'Abdin, focusing on vernacular tales, particularly those that demonstrate cultural interaction between Muslims and Christians, including Muslim visitations to the shrines of Christian saints, and consultation of soothsayers by Christians.
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Hanno was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1942 and immegrated to Germany in 1971.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1044748
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1044748%23
Publisher:Mikael Oez
SOAS, University of London
Subject:Narrative
Turoyo language
English language
Subject (ISO639):tru
eng
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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1044748
DateStamp:  2017-06-22
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Citation: Hanno Acar (consultant). 2016-08-28. Mikael Oez.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_TR iso639_eng iso639_tru

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