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Bavan pouri M, Sajadifar V, Lorestani N. Houreh, a Keepsake from Kurd Ancestors:
A Look at Seyyed Gholi Keshavarz’s Hureh. CFL 2017; 5 (13) :155-172
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The literature of each region reflects the customs and beliefs of that particular region and is the distinguishing feature of races from each other. Folklore of each nation is a reflection of its cultural and racial beliefs and through investigating them, one can find out about traditions and cultures of various races that have entered and remained in that area through immigration, war and business. Through separating these cultural and racial beliefs, one can also reevaluate that race from a cultural perspective. Music of every nation, like other arts, springs out of feelings, experiences and the surroundings of that nation and it has contained and built a big and important part of every society throughout the history of mankind. Human beings mix their internal feelings with the knowledge they have acquired through trial and error and creates a fruit called art and civilization. One of the objective manifestation of Kurdish culture is folk songs. Songs have not been and are not simply tools to pass life, but are useful tools for transferring feelings, happiness and sorrow. One of the ever-lasting songs among Kurds, and in particular Kurds speaking the southern dialect, is Houreh which is prevalent in areas such as Ilam, Kermanshah, Lorestan, and Kurdistan. Houreh is a long continuous song and its singer has a lot of poems and verses in mind and sings them one after the other. Sometimes the songs are composed by the singer and sometimes taken from other poets.
Houreh is mostly prevalent in southern Kurdish areas especially with Laks, and in areas of Guran, Sanjabi, and Kalhor. Seyyed Gholi Keshavarz, Ali Rostami known as Ali Khan, Farman Rostami, Ali Karami Nezhad known as Haji Touti, Bahram Beig Valad Beigi, Nejat, Ebrahim Hosseini, Ilkhan Arkavazi, Awl Aziz, Yasemi, Karim Sadehi, and Abd Al-Samad Abdi Pour are famous Houreh singers of Ilam, Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces. But, the deceased Ali Nazar is most well-known of all.
Houreh expresses contents such as death, describing nature, sorrow, hardship, happiness, and unhappiness in the form of songs. However, the most frequent theme of Houreh has been happiness and love. Seyyed Gholi Keshavarz is one the most famous contemporary Houreh composers who lives in Lalehvand Mahidasht (in Kermanshah) and many of his Houreh are song by lovers of traditional Kurdish songs. He pays special attention to describing the beloved in his Hourehs and using this form of songs, he expresses the hardships of love and betrayal on behalf of the beloved, or the pains one endures for love. Another part of his songs are composed in the form of Ekhvaniat and also Payeh Moori describing the beauty of nature or death.
Houreh is mostly prevalent in southern Kurdish areas especially with Laks, and in areas of Guran, Sanjabi, and Kalhor. Seyyed Gholi Keshavarz, Ali Rostami known as Ali Khan, Farman Rostami, Ali Karami Nezhad known as Haji Touti, Bahram Beig Valad Beigi, Nejat, Ebrahim Hosseini, Ilkhan Arkavazi, Awl Aziz, Yasemi, Karim Sadehi, and Abd Al-Samad Abdi Pour are famous Houreh singers of Ilam, Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces. But, the deceased Ali Nazar is most well-known of all.
Houreh expresses contents such as death, describing nature, sorrow, hardship, happiness, and unhappiness in the form of songs. However, the most frequent theme of Houreh has been happiness and love. Seyyed Gholi Keshavarz is one the most famous contemporary Houreh composers who lives in Lalehvand Mahidasht (in Kermanshah) and many of his Houreh are song by lovers of traditional Kurdish songs. He pays special attention to describing the beloved in his Hourehs and using this form of songs, he expresses the hardships of love and betrayal on behalf of the beloved, or the pains one endures for love. Another part of his songs are composed in the form of Ekhvaniat and also Payeh Moori describing the beauty of nature or death.
Received: 2015/12/17 | Accepted: 2017/04/21 | Published: 2017/05/6
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