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== Representative performances ==
== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
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! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes
! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes !! Repertoire kind !! Repertoire date !! Recording date !! Format !! Opening !! Places !! Fit !! Evidence !! Review note
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| Şakiro || Xezal Dîne || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wp9_6hNhI0o || The label-distributed archive recording presents Şakiro’s Kurdish vocal art. This is the documented singer’s recording, not an AI-assisted cover or a modern biographical video using his name.<ref name="performance-dengbej-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9_6hNhI0o Şakiro — Xezal Dîne]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9_6hNhI0o Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
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| Dengbêj Mehmed Elî || Kilama Evrehmanê Benî || https://www.youtube.com/embed/bQcp8LKo-5Y || TRT Kurdî’s programme identifies both the dengbêj and the kilam. The extended vocal narration provides a second named performer beside Şakiro, avoiding the substitution of a general Kurdish pop song.<ref name="performance-dengbej-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQcp8LKo-5Y Dengbêj Mehmed Elî — Kilama Evrehmanê Benî]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQcp8LKo-5Y Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
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| Erebê Şûtî || Dengbej Erebê Şûtî (1943-....) Kilam: Osman Xwarzê || https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIoqbRKGsb8 || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBÊJLER. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. 1943 in source title is singer biographical year, not session date. Video publication: 2026-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIoqbRKGsb8 Dengbej Erebê Şûtî (1943-....) Kilam: Osman Xwarzê].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIoqbRKGsb8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBÊJLER. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. 1943 in source title is singer biographical year, not session date.
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| Dengbêj Menaf Shaboei || Dengbej: menaf shaboei.      kilam : le le nure  #dengbejmenaf #dengbêjşakiro #dengbêj || https://www.youtube.com/embed/w6TxCtEuRMU || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TxCtEuRMU Dengbej: menaf shaboei.      kilam : le le nure  #dengbejmenaf #dengbêjşakiro #dengbêj].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TxCtEuRMU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Kazo, Dengbêj Menaf Shaboei || Dengbej :  dengbej kazo &amp; dengbej menaf  Kilam : evdal dgo mire min #dengbêji #dengbejmenaf || https://www.youtube.com/embed/U6wkQES0mXA || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6wkQES0mXA Dengbej :  dengbej kazo &amp; dengbej menaf  Kilam : evdal dgo mire min #dengbêji #dengbejmenaf].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6wkQES0mXA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbej Naif Munisi || Dengbej Naif Munisî - Xelil #dengbêj #dengbej  #kilam || https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ov7aIm0sFA || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ov7aIm0sFA Dengbej Naif Munisî - Xelil #dengbêj #dengbej  #kilam].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ov7aIm0sFA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbej Naif Munisi || Dengbej Naif Munisi Kilama Simoya Xate. #dengbej  #dengbêj  #kılam || https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpSsNC7bv-I || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpSsNC7bv-I Dengbej Naif Munisi Kilama Simoya Xate. #dengbej  #dengbêj  #kılam].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpSsNC7bv-I Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbej Naif Munisi || Dengbej Naif Munisi kilama Xelilo lo lawa. || https://www.youtube.com/embed/inAuekJHgkc || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inAuekJHgkc Dengbej Naif Munisi kilama Xelilo lo lawa.].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inAuekJHgkc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbej Naif Munisi || Dengbêj Naif Munisî - Jiyana Dengbej  #dengbêj    #kilam || https://www.youtube.com/embed/wvY5iQbMTII || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY5iQbMTII Dengbêj Naif Munisî - Jiyana Dengbej  #dengbêj    #kilam].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY5iQbMTII Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Ekrem || Beje Gewre – Dengbêj Ekrem &#124; Kürtçe Dengbêj Uzun Hava 2026 [ Kurdish Music _ Stranen Kurdi ] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ow32q5y9i6o || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Hakkâri TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow32q5y9i6o Beje Gewre – Dengbêj Ekrem &#124; Kürtçe Dengbêj Uzun Hava 2026 [ Kurdish Music _ Stranen Kurdi ]].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow32q5y9i6o Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Hakkâri TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Abbas || Strana Ax Gidyane U Besnaye / Dengbej Abbas #keşfet #dengbej #viral #keşfetbeniöneçıkar || https://www.youtube.com/embed/wKMsCw_7xe4 || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBEJ ABBAS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMsCw_7xe4 Strana Ax Gidyane U Besnaye / Dengbej Abbas #keşfet #dengbej #viral #keşfetbeniöneçıkar].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMsCw_7xe4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBEJ ABBAS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj collective (individual singers uncredited) || DENGBÊJÊN HÊJA - KLAMAN DAVÊJIN BER HEVÛDU || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xrz-WcwIEXg || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrz-WcwIEXg DENGBÊJÊN HÊJA - KLAMAN DAVÊJIN BER HEVÛDU].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrz-WcwIEXg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakiro || Dengbej şakiro kılama naze || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Un9ss-o1lso || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge  Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-06-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un9ss-o1lso Dengbej şakiro kılama naze].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un9ss-o1lso Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge  Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakıro || dengbej şakıro kılama Elif || https://www.youtube.com/embed/QQ0CaqEQFtY || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge  Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-06-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0CaqEQFtY dengbej şakıro kılama Elif].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0CaqEQFtY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge  Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakiro || dengbej sakiro kılama reso || https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Iq-Q3H5G1w || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-05-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iq-Q3H5G1w dengbej sakiro kılama reso].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iq-Q3H5G1w Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakiro || dengbej sakiro kılama wartoyé || https://www.youtube.com/embed/As2NDNTw6IE || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-04-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As2NDNTw6IE dengbej sakiro kılama wartoyé].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As2NDNTw6IE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Behiye || HAY LE NURÊ - DENGBEJ BEHİYE || https://www.youtube.com/embed/G9fPkxO57Yg || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: KURDEWAR. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-12-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9fPkxO57Yg HAY LE NURÊ - DENGBEJ BEHİYE].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9fPkxO57Yg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: KURDEWAR. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Behiye || DENGBÊJ BEHIYE - XEZALÊ || https://www.youtube.com/embed/oLWNeq5T6FE || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual female dengbej rendition of Xezale published by oral-tradition programme; brief complete musical performance, not a profile. Video publication: 2023-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLWNeq5T6FE DENGBÊJ BEHIYE - XEZALÊ].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLWNeq5T6FE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual female dengbej rendition of Xezale published by oral-tradition programme; brief complete musical performance, not a profile.
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| Şakıro || Dengbêj Şakıro  Tobedarım || https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWkTgnU848Q || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkTgnU848Q Dengbêj Şakıro  Tobedarım].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkTgnU848Q Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakiro || Dengbêj Şakiro  Ez Fırarım || https://www.youtube.com/embed/WO3YUFbI7XM || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3YUFbI7XM Dengbêj Şakiro  Ez Fırarım].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3YUFbI7XM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakıro || Dengbêj Şakıro  Evdêl || https://www.youtube.com/embed/3REsp6H_UNE || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REsp6H_UNE Dengbêj Şakıro  Evdêl].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REsp6H_UNE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Şemsedin || Dengbej Şemsedin- lê lê Dîlberê || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Glx7YdAARHY || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kaniya dengbeja. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-01-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glx7YdAARHY Dengbej Şemsedin- lê lê Dîlberê].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glx7YdAARHY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kaniya dengbeja. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakiro || Dengbêj Şakiro KEJA MÎRÊ PALO Û Salho دەنگ بێژ شاکیرو سترانا کەژا میرێ پالۆ و سالحۆ || https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMH8fGYAOZQ || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Behary. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMH8fGYAOZQ Dengbêj Şakiro KEJA MÎRÊ PALO Û Salho دەنگ بێژ شاکیرو سترانا کەژا میرێ پالۆ و سالحۆ].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMH8fGYAOZQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Behary. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Şakiro || Xezal Dîne || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wp9_6hNhI0o || The label-distributed archive recording presents Şakiro’s Kurdish vocal art. This is the documented singer’s recording, not an AI-assisted cover or a modern biographical video using his name.<ref name="performance-dengbej-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9_6hNhI0o Şakiro — Xezal Dîne]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>
| Mihemedê Îsiv Hilalî || Dengbêj Mihemedê Îsiv Hilalî || https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_p9jPd5AW8 || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Ednan Mehmud. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-02-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_p9jPd5AW8 Dengbêj Mihemedê Îsiv Hilalî].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_p9jPd5AW8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Ednan Mehmud. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Dengbêj Mehmed Elî || Kilama Evrehmanê Benî || https://www.youtube.com/embed/bQcp8LKo-5Y || TRT Kurdî’s programme identifies both the dengbêj and the kilam. The extended vocal narration provides a second named performer beside Şakiro, avoiding the substitution of a general Kurdish pop song.<ref name="performance-dengbej-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQcp8LKo-5Y Dengbêj Mehmed Elî — Kilama Evrehmanê Benî]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>
| Dengbêj Heqqê || Dengbêj Heqqê - Hêy Wayê || https://www.youtube.com/embed/YLm-E2eOcdw || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Serhed Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Publisher identifies actual singer Heqqe performing Hey Waye in Diyarbakir gathering; not a generic folk track inferred from artist name. Video publication: 2017-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLm-E2eOcdw Dengbêj Heqqê - Hêy Wayê].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLm-E2eOcdw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Serhed Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Publisher identifies actual singer Heqqe performing Hey Waye in Diyarbakir gathering; not a generic folk track inferred from artist name.
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Revision as of 23:28, 19 October 2026

Summary

Dengbêj denotes Kurdish singer-poets and a closely associated art of voiced narrative, memory and expressive delivery. Long songs or kilams can recount events, relationships, suffering and remembered places, often with an unaccompanied voice. The performer is not merely a storage device for information: interpretation, selection and invention give an account its force. The category is especially connected to Kurmanji-speaking communities while belonging to a wider Kurdish musical world. Its cultural identity rests in the relationship between a knowledgeable voice and people who understand why the story matters. [1]

Contemporary and trending

The art continues through singers, recordings, family listening, cultural institutions and scholarly or community archives. Public houses and organized presentations create access alongside more intimate settings. The digital edition of Dengbêj Gazîn's repertory makes recordings available with transcription, translation and editorial comment, giving learners several routes into the same performance. Such work can reveal women's creativity that a male-centered public image obscures. New circulation does not make every singer or style identical; it allows different histories to become more audible when contextual detail accompanies the sound. [1]

History

Oral transmission connected remembered songs to local societies, travel and relationships among communities. Political borders, restrictions, displacement and migration altered where performers could work and which languages could be publicly heard. Scholarship on borderlands shows how sung accounts can preserve a geography of local relationships that differs from official state space. That does not mean every old song expresses one modern political programme. Narratives have their own occasions, alliances and viewpoints. Recording and later cultural projects changed the selection and presentation of material while preserving voices otherwise difficult to recover. [2]

Musical characteristics

Listen to breath, sustained syllables, ornament, vocal breaks and the pacing of narrative. A line can seem rhythmically free while following strong expectations of phrase and verbal delivery. Repetition and melodic contour help memory, but expressive detail distinguishes one singer from another. An unaccompanied performance directs attention toward the voice's ability to establish intensity and space. Translation explains events while leaving sound-based and locally familiar meanings partly hidden. Following one complete song with commentary can therefore be more revealing than comparing many short, decontextualized excerpts.

Geography and communities

The principal landscape spans Kurdish communities of eastern and southeastern Türkiye and connected northern Mesopotamian borderlands. Broad regional fields include villages, towns and familial routes rather than isolated institutions in Diyarbakır or Van. Urban migration creates a western Turkish continuation, while Germany and nearby European communities sustain detached recorded and cultural practice. The map reflects the particular singer-poet tradition rather than assuming all Kurdish music has the same distribution. Political borders shape experience without neatly enclosing the cultural relationships through which these songs move.

Artists

Şakiro, Reso, Karapetê Xaço and Meryem Xan offer influential historical and recorded entry routes. Dengbêj Gazîn's documented corpus provides a particularly detailed view of an individual woman's creative practice and repertory. The Armenian Kurdish-language singer Karapetê Xaço also reminds listeners that language, ancestry and musical belonging do not always align simply. Contemporary practitioners and local audiences carry further knowledge that famous recordings alone cannot supply. Compare versions with attention to text, locality and delivery, treating a performance as a situated interpretation rather than an objective transcript of the past.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
traditional regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note
Şakiro Xezal Dîne https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wp9_6hNhI0o The label-distributed archive recording presents Şakiro’s Kurdish vocal art. This is the documented singer’s recording, not an AI-assisted cover or a modern biographical video using his name.[3] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
Dengbêj Mehmed Elî Kilama Evrehmanê Benî https://www.youtube.com/embed/bQcp8LKo-5Y TRT Kurdî’s programme identifies both the dengbêj and the kilam. The extended vocal narration provides a second named performer beside Şakiro, avoiding the substitution of a general Kurdish pop song.[4] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
Erebê Şûtî Dengbej Erebê Şûtî (1943-....) Kilam: Osman Xwarzê https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIoqbRKGsb8 Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBÊJLER. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. 1943 in source title is singer biographical year, not session date. Video publication: 2026-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[5] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBÊJLER. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. 1943 in source title is singer biographical year, not session date.
Dengbêj Menaf Shaboei Dengbej: menaf shaboei. kilam : le le nure #dengbejmenaf #dengbêjşakiro #dengbêj https://www.youtube.com/embed/w6TxCtEuRMU Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[6] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Kazo, Dengbêj Menaf Shaboei Dengbej : dengbej kazo & dengbej menaf Kilam : evdal dgo mire min #dengbêji #dengbejmenaf https://www.youtube.com/embed/U6wkQES0mXA Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[7] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: dengbej _ menaf _shaboei. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbej Naif Munisi Dengbej Naif Munisî - Xelil #dengbêj #dengbej #kilam https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ov7aIm0sFA Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbej Naif Munisi Dengbej Naif Munisi Kilama Simoya Xate. #dengbej #dengbêj #kılam https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpSsNC7bv-I Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbej Naif Munisi Dengbej Naif Munisi kilama Xelilo lo lawa. https://www.youtube.com/embed/inAuekJHgkc Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbej Naif Munisi Dengbêj Naif Munisî - Jiyana Dengbej #dengbêj #kilam https://www.youtube.com/embed/wvY5iQbMTII Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Dengbej u Kilam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Ekrem Beje Gewre – Dengbêj Ekrem | Kürtçe Dengbêj Uzun Hava 2026 [ Kurdish Music _ Stranen Kurdi ] https://www.youtube.com/embed/ow32q5y9i6o Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Hakkâri TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Hakkâri TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Abbas Strana Ax Gidyane U Besnaye / Dengbej Abbas #keşfet #dengbej #viral #keşfetbeniöneçıkar https://www.youtube.com/embed/wKMsCw_7xe4 Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBEJ ABBAS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: DENGBEJ ABBAS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj collective (individual singers uncredited) DENGBÊJÊN HÊJA - KLAMAN DAVÊJIN BER HEVÛDU https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xrz-WcwIEXg Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakiro Dengbej şakiro kılama naze https://www.youtube.com/embed/Un9ss-o1lso Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-06-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakıro dengbej şakıro kılama Elif https://www.youtube.com/embed/QQ0CaqEQFtY Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-06-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakiro dengbej sakiro kılama reso https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Iq-Q3H5G1w Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-05-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakiro dengbej sakiro kılama wartoyé https://www.youtube.com/embed/As2NDNTw6IE Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-04-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Denge Mezopotamya . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Behiye HAY LE NURÊ - DENGBEJ BEHİYE https://www.youtube.com/embed/G9fPkxO57Yg Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: KURDEWAR. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-12-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: KURDEWAR. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Behiye DENGBÊJ BEHIYE - XEZALÊ https://www.youtube.com/embed/oLWNeq5T6FE Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual female dengbej rendition of Xezale published by oral-tradition programme; brief complete musical performance, not a profile. Video publication: 2023-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Pel Dengbêj Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual female dengbej rendition of Xezale published by oral-tradition programme; brief complete musical performance, not a profile.
Şakıro Dengbêj Şakıro Tobedarım https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWkTgnU848Q Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakiro Dengbêj Şakiro Ez Fırarım https://www.youtube.com/embed/WO3YUFbI7XM Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakıro Dengbêj Şakıro Evdêl https://www.youtube.com/embed/3REsp6H_UNE Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kilam Cimet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Şemsedin Dengbej Şemsedin- lê lê Dîlberê https://www.youtube.com/embed/Glx7YdAARHY Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kaniya dengbeja. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-01-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Kaniya dengbeja. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Şakiro Dengbêj Şakiro KEJA MÎRÊ PALO Û Salho دەنگ بێژ شاکیرو سترانا کەژا میرێ پالۆ و سالحۆ https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMH8fGYAOZQ Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Behary. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Behary. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Mihemedê Îsiv Hilalî Dengbêj Mihemedê Îsiv Hilalî https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_p9jPd5AW8 Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Ednan Mehmud. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-02-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Ednan Mehmud. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Dengbêj Heqqê Dengbêj Heqqê - Hêy Wayê https://www.youtube.com/embed/YLm-E2eOcdw Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Serhed Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Publisher identifies actual singer Heqqe performing Hey Waye in Diyarbakir gathering; not a generic folk track inferred from artist name. Video publication: 2017-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Kurdish dengbêj musical recording. Source: Serhed Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Publisher identifies actual singer Heqqe performing Hey Waye in Diyarbakir gathering; not a generic folk track inferred from artist name.

Related genres

Other Kurdish song, lament, dance and instrumental practices provide neighboring worlds without being reducible to dengbêj. Turkish âşıklık and other regional singer-poet traditions offer comparisons but have distinct institutions and musical conventions. Modern Kurdish popular music may reinterpret or sample inherited narratives for another setting. Keeping those relationships clear lets the art remain approachable while preserving its particular authority: the ability of an individual voice to make remembered lives, places and feelings present to a gathered or dispersed public. [28]

References and further reading

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The musical repertoire of Dengbêj Gazîn — Orient-Institut Istanbul/Perspectivia.
  2. ↑ Dengbêjs on borderlands: Borders and the state as seen through the eyes of Kurdish singer-poets — Wendelmoet Hamelink.
  3. ↑ Şakiro — Xezal Dîne. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ Dengbêj Mehmed Elî — Kilama Evrehmanê Benî. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ Dengbej Erebê Şûtî (1943-....) Kilam: Osman Xwarzê.
  6. ↑ Dengbej: menaf shaboei. kilam : le le nure #dengbejmenaf #dengbêjşakiro #dengbêj.
  7. ↑ Dengbej : dengbej kazo & dengbej menaf Kilam : evdal dgo mire min #dengbêji #dengbejmenaf.
  8. ↑ Dengbej Naif Munisî - Xelil #dengbêj #dengbej #kilam.
  9. ↑ Dengbej Naif Munisi Kilama Simoya Xate. #dengbej #dengbêj #kılam.
  10. ↑ Dengbej Naif Munisi kilama Xelilo lo lawa..
  11. ↑ Dengbêj Naif Munisî - Jiyana Dengbej #dengbêj #kilam.
  12. ↑ Beje Gewre – Dengbêj Ekrem | Kürtçe Dengbêj Uzun Hava 2026 [ Kurdish Music _ Stranen Kurdi ].
  13. ↑ Strana Ax Gidyane U Besnaye / Dengbej Abbas #keşfet #dengbej #viral #keşfetbeniöneçıkar.
  14. ↑ DENGBÊJÊN HÊJA - KLAMAN DAVÊJIN BER HEVÛDU.
  15. ↑ Dengbej şakiro kılama naze.
  16. ↑ dengbej şakıro kılama Elif.
  17. ↑ dengbej sakiro kılama reso.
  18. ↑ dengbej sakiro kılama wartoyé.
  19. ↑ HAY LE NURÊ - DENGBEJ BEHİYE.
  20. ↑ DENGBÊJ BEHIYE - XEZALÊ.
  21. ↑ Dengbêj Şakıro Tobedarım.
  22. ↑ Dengbêj Şakiro Ez Fırarım.
  23. ↑ Dengbêj Şakıro Evdêl.
  24. ↑ Dengbej Şemsedin- lê lê Dîlberê.
  25. ↑ Dengbêj Şakiro KEJA MÎRÊ PALO Û Salho دەنگ بێژ شاکیرو سترانا کەژا میرێ پالۆ و سالحۆ.
  26. ↑ Dengbêj Mihemedê Îsiv Hilalî.
  27. ↑ Dengbêj Heqqê - Hêy Wayê.
  28. ↑ The Kurdish Music — Kurdish Institute of Paris.

Hotspot mushrooms

A connected Kurmanji singer-poet landscape spanning rural/urban Kurdish borderlands, with migration continuities. Not all Kurdish territory or all Kurdish musical practice is assumed to have identical intensity.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
dengbej-eastern-anatolia Eastern Anatolian Dengbêj cultural landscape 39 41 950 1 Villages, towns and connected Kurmanji narrative/song communities.
dengbej-northern-mesopotamia Northern Mesopotamian Dengbêj listening landscape 36.8 41.5 850 0.8 Cross-border cultural memory and related communities.
dengbej-western-turkey Western Turkish Kurdish Dengbêj circuit 40.5 29 750 0.55 Migration, recordings and cultural activity.
dengbej-european German and neighboring Kurdish Dengbêj communities 51 9 950 0.55 Detached family, archive and performance networks.
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