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DIYARBAKIR'S SOURP GIRAGOS CHURCH HOSTS ARMENIAN CULTURE EVENT
June 13, 2013 - 11:38 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - An evening of music and poetry was held at Sourp
Giragos Church in Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd on June 11, 2013, The Armenian
Weekly said.
The event, attended by more than a thousand people, featured Kurdish
musicians Tara Jaff and Pervin Cakar who performed Kurdish and Armenian
songs, and poet Azad Ziya Eren.
In a conversation with The Armenian Weekly correspondent, Harpist and
singer Tara Jaff, who is from Iraqi Kurdistan, said she first learned
about the genocide of Armenians and other minorities as a child,
from his father. She deepened her knowledge of the Armenian Genocide
after escaping from Saddam Hussein's Iraq and settling in England,
she added. Jaff noted that the purpose of holding the concert at
Sourp Giragos is to keep the Armenian issue in the forefront in Turkey.
In turn, Pervin Cakar, who performed Armenian folk songs, noted how
proud and honored she feels to be performing in the renovated Sourp
Giragos Church.
June 13, 2013 - 11:38 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - An evening of music and poetry was held at Sourp
Giragos Church in Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd on June 11, 2013, The Armenian
Weekly said.
The event, attended by more than a thousand people, featured Kurdish
musicians Tara Jaff and Pervin Cakar who performed Kurdish and Armenian
songs, and poet Azad Ziya Eren.
In a conversation with The Armenian Weekly correspondent, Harpist and
singer Tara Jaff, who is from Iraqi Kurdistan, said she first learned
about the genocide of Armenians and other minorities as a child,
from his father. She deepened her knowledge of the Armenian Genocide
after escaping from Saddam Hussein's Iraq and settling in England,
she added. Jaff noted that the purpose of holding the concert at
Sourp Giragos is to keep the Armenian issue in the forefront in Turkey.
In turn, Pervin Cakar, who performed Armenian folk songs, noted how
proud and honored she feels to be performing in the renovated Sourp
Giragos Church.