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    Kurdish dances (Kurdish: Govend, Dîlan, Helperkê, Helperge, Şayî; دیلان, گۆڤەند, ھەڵپەڕگە, ھەڵپەڕکێ, شایی) are a group of traditional dances among Kurds...
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    Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped...
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    wear traditional coloured Kurdish clothes, dance together, light fires to dance around and jump over the bonfire, play Kurdish games. The arrival of spring...
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    dabke, tamzara, Assyrian folk dance, Kurdish dance, Armenian dance and Turkish dance, among others. All these forms of dances would usually involve participants...
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    Arabic (Levantian and Iraqi), Israeli (see Jewish dance and Israeli folk dancing), Luri, Assyrian, Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Maltese, Ukraine...
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    folk dance among Assyrian people Kurdish dance Luri dances Lewa (folk dance) - Baluch folk dance in Pakistan. Mazanderani dances Middle Eastern Dance Chaap...
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    Assyrian folk dance: Khigga Kurdish dance: Dilan Persian dance: Classical Persian dance Turkish dance: Çiftetelli, Halay Jewish dance: Hora, Tza'ad Teimani...
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  • Halay (category Kurdish dance)
    Halay is the national dance of Turkey and a regional category of folk dance styles in central, southern, eastern, and southeastern regions of the country...
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    Kurdish traditional clothing (Kurdish: Cilî kurdî, Cil û bergî kurdî or Cil û bergên kurdî) is a historical and contemporary aspect of Kurdish heritage...
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  • Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq) Dipat Diplos horos Dirk dance Disco Discofox Djolé Do-si-do Dollu Kunitha Domkach Domni Double bugg (a swing dance...
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    Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness / Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds...
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    Kurds (redirect from Kurdish demographics)
    Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern...
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    languages of Kurdish are Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), Central Kurdish (Sorani), and Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn). A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern...
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    Khorovod, an Eastern European circle dance Kurdish dance Serbian dances Turkish dance "UNESCO - Kolo, traditional folk dance". Wilkes, John (1995). The Illyrians...
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  • list of national dances. This may be a formal or informal designation. Not all nations officially recognize a national dance or dances. ""Afghanistan"...
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    Leyla Bedir Khan (category Kurdish dance)
    Khan ( Bedirxan) (1903, Constantinople – 1986, Paris) was a ballet dancer and a Kurdish princess of the Bedir Khan family. Leyla Bedir Khan's birthdate is...
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    Kurdistan province (category CS1 Kurdish-language sources (ku))
    Kordestan province (Persian: استان کردستان, romanized: Ostān-e Kordestān; Kurdish: پارێزگای کوردستان, romanized: Parêzgay Kurdistan) is one of the 31 provinces...
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    Kurdish is written using either of two alphabets: the Latin-based Bedirxan or Hawar alphabet, introduced by Celadet Alî Bedirxan in 1932 and popularized...
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    Kurdish Alevism (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of God/Truth' or Elewîtî) refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses...
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    referred to as Kurdistan. Most Kurds speak Northern Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Central Kurdish (Sorani). There are various hypotheses as to predecessor...
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  • Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, romanized: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern...
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  • once again... We archive Kurdish traditional dishes and clothing and rewrite various Kurdish maqams and shaiy [Kurdish dance] texts." In 2019, the US...
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    The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan...
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    remained a number of Kurdish Christians. Modernly however, the majority of Kurdish Christians are evangelicals, and evangelical Kurdish churches have been...
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  • Kurdish women (Kurdish: ژنانی کورد, romanized: Jinên Kurd) have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish society and politics. In general, Kurdish...
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    or residing in the United States of Kurdish origin or those considered to be ethnic Kurds. The majority of Kurdish Americans are recent migrants from Turkey...
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    Nagorno-Karabakh. Lezginka Par Armenian music Assyrian folk dance Iranian dance Kurdish dance Turkish dance Vanoush Khanamirian Gary Lind-Sinanian - ALMA "The...
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    the Turkish government, though "Kurdish" was allowed in census reports. Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish languages were officially prohibited...
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    Kurdish mythology is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the culturally, ethnically or linguistically related group of ancient peoples...
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    Kochari (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    Azerbaijani: Köçəri; Greek: Κότσαρι, romanized: Kόtsari; Kurdish: Koçerî; Turkish: Koçari) is a folk dance originating in the Armenian Highlands. It is performed...
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