The living heritage

Culture & Heritage

Cloth and song, dance and dish, story and shape — the everyday made beautiful, kept across generations.

Dolma, kibbeh, biryani — recipes carried across mountains.

Dengbêj epics, govend rhythms, the songs of mountains.

Govend, Çepike, Şêxanî — circles that keep time.

Weddings, hospitality, mourning, ceremony.

Şal û şepik for men, the long colourful jli for women.

The stories told by grandmothers at firesides.

Kilim weaving, copperwork, jewellery and stone.