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Karapet Khacho Karapetê Xaço Gerabêtê Xaço

 

 

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Karapetê Xaço or Karabêtê Xaço or Gerabêtê Xaço (Armenian: Կարապետ Խաչո) (September 3, 1900[1] or 1903 or 1908[2] - January 15, 2005), was an Armenian singer of traditional Kurdish Dengbêj music.

Karapetê Haço was born in the village of Bileyder (now called Binatlı, Batman, in Batman province, Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire to an Armenian family in 1900. In 1915, he witnessed the annihilation of his village during the Armenian genocide. Xaço, his brother Abraham, and sisters Manuşak and Xezal survived the massacre, as a soldier spared them dues to them being orphaned. He was saved by his knowledge of Kurmanji and his singing talent.[3] He joined the Kurdish rebels during the Sheikh Said Rebellion and had to flee to Syria in the French Mandate after the rebellion was defeated.[3]

At a young age, he began taking a liking for music and would sing old Kurdish folk songs that were passed on through generations. He worked as a mercenary soldier in the French Armenian Legion for nearly 15 years.[4] He married Yeva of the Azizyan family in the Syrian city of Qamishli, where he was a legionnaire in 1936.[5] They had four daughters and a son. After Syria gained its independence,[3] he and his family migrated to Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and settled in Yerevan in 1946.[1] He formulated his experiences of the genocide.[6] Karapete Xaço worked for the Kurdish language service of Yerevan Radio[4] and was popular among the Kurdish people.

Xaço later became one of the greatest singers of Dengbêj music,[7] a form of singing that often tells a story.[8] He died on January 15, 2005.[4]

The hundreds of Kurdish dengbêj songs are considered to be one of the key elements in preserving Kurdish culture and history. Xaço was best known for singing and recording the traditional songs "Ay lo mîro", "Adullê", "Çume Cizîre", "Xim ximê", and "Lê dayikê". Since he recorded them, variations of these songs have been recorded by several different artists to this day.

 

 

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Kurdshop – The singer Karapet Khacho, who was of Armenian origin in Kurdistan, is one of the most important Kurdish singers with his own songs and music and his commentaries on Kurdish music and songs. The artist witnessed the genocide of the Armenian people and what happened to them and the hardships and atrocities he saw are all reflected in his stories and songs as well as in his commentaries and interpretations.

Karapet Khacho or Karabet Khacho, a Kurdish singer of Armenian origin, was originally from the village of Kolhoza in Yerevan. But he was born in the village of Bileder in Batman. He sang Kurdish folk songs in Kurdish since childhood and later left this wealth to his descendants.

Karapet Khacho witnessed the destruction of his village in 1915 during the Armenian genocide. Along with their brothers and sisters, Ibrahim, Manushak, and Khezal, they survived with the help of a soldier.

The artist served as a foreign soldier in the French army for 15 years. In 1938, while serving as a foreign soldier in Syria, he married the daughter of a Yazidi family named Yevan in Qamishli and had four children. In 1946, he emigrated with his family and settled in Yerevan, Armenia.

Karapet Khacho was employed in the Kurdish section of Radio Yerevan and became one of the most important commentators on Kurdish music. This valuable singer has worked for Yerevan Radio for 55 years and trains dozens of singers.

The singer, who has faced many difficulties throughout his life, has sung many folk songs such as Ay Lo Miro, Adule, Chame Jazire, Khim Khime, and Le Le Dayke in his own style and interpretation.

He sang Kurdish songs until the age of 90 and died on January 15, 2005.

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