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Title:Djinns before the Introduction of Electricity
Qustan510
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Gevriye Altun
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-09-05
Description:Gevriye is adamant that djinns used to exist in Beth Qustan. He tells us that he used to see their fire from distance. However, they would vanish when approaching them. Nevertheless, he does not believe that they exist in Beth Qustan since electricity was introduced to the village. He explains that djinns are frightened of iron.
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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Gevriye was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1946 and immegrated to Germany in 1969. He completed his education in the local traditional school of Beth Qustan.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1050870
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1050870%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:MPI1050870
DateStamp:  2017-06-22
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Citation: Gevriye Altun (consultant). 2016-09-05. Mikael Oez.
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