Kurdistan The heart of “Mesopotamia”
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KurdistanThe heart of “Mesopotamia”
ESL 156 Culture StudiesPresenter : AkamInstructor: Prof. Lyra Riabov
Spring 2012
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WELCOME
Bakherben
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Outline
1. Great Kurdistan 2. Kurdistan Flag 3. Iraqi Kurdistan( Kurdistan Region)4. Kurdistan Regional government5. Major cities in Kurdistan6. Culture
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Map Of Great Kurdistan
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Great Kurdistan* Once was a unified Land. * Second was Divided over two Empires, Ottoman Empire and Safavid Empire.*Third the Division happened after WWI into five parts:1.Turkey2. Iran3. Iraq4. Syria5. Armenia
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The Flag of Kurdistan
*Red at the top*White in the middle*Green at the bottom* There is a Sun on the middle
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Iraqi Kurdistan
*Location: north Iraq *Population: More than 6,000,000 *Ethnics: Kurdish, Turkmens, Arabs, Assyrians and a few other minorities.
*Religion: Islam, Christian, Yazidies
*Weather: four season (Spring, summer, autumn, winter)
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*Kurdistan Region is now a part from Iraq *The Kurdistan Regional Government”(KRG) exercises executive power according to the Kurdistan Parliament assembly.
* Iraq’s Constitution recognizes the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Kurdistan National Assembly and the ‘Peshmerga’ guard as a legitimate army.
Kurdistan Region
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Major cities and my home townDuhok
Slemani
Erbil, the capital city
kirkuk
Rania, my home town
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Culture
Dance “(Kurdish: Haliperkê) *A group of hand-holding mixed gender dancers
*A round dancing with a single or couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical centre.
*Kurdish Haliperke takes place in most of festivals, birthdays, New years, Newroz, Marriage and other ceremonies.
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FoodKurdish Foods are really delicious but difficult to prepare!
Kofta
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Yaprakh(Dolma)
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Geepa(sarwpe)
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References:
1.http://www.flickriver.com 2 .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan
3.http://www.theotheriraq.com/images/FactSheet.pdf
4.http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kurdistan
5.http://whitneysamusebouche.blogspot.com/2010/09/heck-yes-to-kurdistan.html
6. www.facebook.com/pages/Kurdish-Food
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Thank you
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