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Title:Marriage of Lahdo
Qustan149
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Lahdo Cetin
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-08-28
Description:Lahdo explains how he met his wife and got married in 1974. He met her in Istanbul, and the mediators explained that if he fancies her, then he should let them know. He wrote a letter to his parents in the village, telling them to go to Karburan, the village of the girl, to meet her. Lahdo got married without speaking a word to the girl. Lahdo also tells us that he now has four girls and two boys.
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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Lahdo was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1953 and immegrated to Germany in 1970.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1044902
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1044902%23
Publisher:Mikael Oez
SOAS, University of London
Subject:Narrative
Turoyo language
English language
Subject (ISO639):tru
eng
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1044902
DateStamp:  2017-05-05
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Citation: Lahdo Cetin (consultant). 2016-08-28. Mikael Oez.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_TR iso639_eng iso639_tru

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