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Title:Returning the Dead to the Village
Qustan247
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Iskender Demirel
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-08-31
Description:Iskender tells us that some people return their dead ones to the village. He believes that it makes no difference, as all lands belong to God. He thinks that most people who return their dead to the village do so to avoid expensive funeral costs.
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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Iskender was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1952 and immegrated to Germany in 1976.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1045397
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1045397%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:MPI1045397
DateStamp:  2017-03-08
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Citation: Iskender Demirel (consultant). 2016-08-31. Mikael Oez.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_TR iso639_eng iso639_tru

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Country: United KingdomTurkey
Area: AsiaEurope


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