Nightingale of Amed (new edit)

This is a short documentary of Seyidxan Boyaci, the Dengbej of Amed. New footage from last summer (2007). His voice is still amazing at 75 plus, but he's been ailing. He came to Diyarbekir after losing his parents at the age of 5, worked as a shoe shiner, walked the streets, endured lonliness, and hunger. He remembers when the streets were so peaceful they were full of storks, and later when the Turkish army occupied the mosques of the city. He was once told by authorities that if he sang inside the city walls they would cut out his tongue, and he laughs when he remembers this, and then begins to sing one more klam.

Bave Fexro & Arix

Emrah Kanisicak, Serhan Erkol, Ozan Aksoy, at Alwan for the Arts.

Xezal: Amed Arif Kanisicak/

Montage of Diyarbekir, images of prision near where Shey Said was hung, images of Hasankeyf.

Husseyin Kal and Mesut Kanisicak

Amed Arif Kanisicak Divan Baglama, Fadime, Bread

Amed Arif Kanisicak Divan Baglama, Bread, Fatma Montage Karer Amed Arif Kanısıcak divan bağlama eşliğinde Haydar Haydar çalarken Fadime bacının pişirdiği sıcacık 'nane genım'

Amed Arif Kanisicak/Divan Baglama

Husseyin Kal and Mesut Kanisicak: Songs from Sirnan/Karer

Nawala gundé me dare
Nariné le bı nariné le bı narina mın.
Daran gırti hınare
Nariné le bı borké le bı delala mın.


Nawala gundé me guze
Nariné le bı nariné le bı narina mın.
Jé derket refık gize,
Nariné le bı sisıké le bı delala mın.


Nawala gundé me siye
Nariné le bı ğezal é le bı çavreşa mın.
Ber da gawax u biye,
Nariné le bı nariné le bı narina mın.