Traditionally, Kurdish marriages are arranged marriages. Marriage arrangements may be completed even before children are born. For boys and girls, marriage establishes the passage to adulthood.

Do Kurds and Turks marry?

Turks living in the East of Turkey are much more likely to marry Kurds than Turks living in the other parts of Turkey. For the Kurds the percentage of mixed marriages is lowest in the East and quite high in all three other regions.

How long do Kurdish weddings last?

This is not the actual wedding; the civil and religious ceremonies were performed earlier in the week. Not until after this party, though, will the couple spend their first night together as husband and wife. It will be a short celebration by Kurdish standards—barely 36 hours.

How do Kurdish weddings work?

According to Kurdish wedding traditional culture, the ceremony kicks off only when the man is pleased with the girl and agrees to marry her. When this happens, the elderly guests request the girls parents permission. When both the girl and young man are happy and satisfied, the wedding ceremony is prepared.

What are Kurdish traditions and culture?

Kurdish culture has a rich oral tradition. Most popular are epic poems called lawj, and they often tell of adventure in love or battle. Kurdish literature first appeared in the seventh century AD. In 1596, Sharaf Khan, Emir of Bitlis, composed a history of the Kurds in Persian called the Sharafnama.

Why do Kurds marry their cousins?

According to Kurdish traditions, a man has the right to marry his paternal uncles daughter. The patrilateral cousins marriage keeps property in the family and reinforces patriarchal and tribal solidarity. Marriages are often arranged in the form of direct exchanges, pê-guhurk.

Do Kurds marry their cousins?

Therefore, for all Kurds the preferred form of marriage is with patrilateral cousins (the children of siblings of the same sex, FBD/FBS—fathers brothers daughter and son) while cross-cousin (the children of the siblings of opposite sex, FZD/FZS—fathers sisters daughter and son) marriages are rarely practiced.

What is a Kurdish man?

Kurds (Kurdish: کورد ,Kurd‎) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.

What language do the Kurds speak?

Kurmanji Kurmanji is the language of the vast majority of Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, and of a few in Iraq and Iran, with an estimated 15-17 million speakers in total. Sorani is the language of most Kurds in Iraq (4-6 million speakers) and Iran (5-6 million speakers).

Whats the difference between Turkish and Kurdish?

Kurds are one of the ethnic groups of people living in Turkey and many other parts of the world. Turks speak Turkish; Kurds speak two or more languages and are multilingual people. Kurds are mostly Sunni Muslims, some minorities are Shia Muslims too; Turks are mainly Muslims but the country is a Secular State.

How do you say hello in Kurdish?

hello would be pronounced salaam a laikum. this is not kurdish but an arabic islamic greeting used to muslims all round the world. These ones are for Sorani Kurdish, which is spoken in the Erbil and Sulaymaniya areas.

How do you say hello in Kurdish Sorani?

Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person) .Useful Sorani Kurdish phrases.EnglishSoranî (Sorani / Central Kurdish)Hello (General greeting)Sillaw Ew kata bash Em kata bash (Çonî?) چۆنیHello (on phone)Elu51 more rows