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Title:Wedding Ceremony in the House
Qustan572
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Suleyman Be Abdallah
Lahdo Be Abdallah
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-09-06
Description:Suleyman and Lahdo tell us how the wedding ceremonies used to take place in the house, and not in the church. This tradition of getting married in a church is recent and it goes back to the early 1990s. They believe that this tradition has been adopted from larger cities.
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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Suleyman was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1963 and immegrated to Germany in 1977. He completed his Turkish primary school. Lahdo was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1971 and immegrated to Germany in 1992. He studied Turkish Primary school to grade 5.
Suleyman was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1963 and immegrated to Germany in 1977. He completed his Turkish primary school.
Lahdo was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1971 and immegrated to Germany in 1992. He studied Turkish Primary school to grade 5.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1053933
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1053933%23
Publisher:Mikael Oez
SOAS, University of London
Subject:Narrative
Turoyo language
English language
Subject (ISO639):tru
eng
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DateStamp:  2017-04-10
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Citation: Suleyman Be Abdallah (consultant); Lahdo Be Abdallah (consultant). 2016-09-06. Mikael Oez.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_TR iso639_eng iso639_tru

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