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Մերձավոր Արեւելքի սոխակ համարվող հայտնի երաժիշտներից մեկի՝ հայազգի Արամ Տիգրանի մահվան 3-րդ տարելիցի կապակցությամբ Դիարբեքիրի քաղաքապետ Օսման Բայդեմիրը հանդես է եկել հայտարարությամբ:

 

Դիարբեքիրի քաղաքապետարանի կայքում տեղադրված հայտարարության մեջ Օսման Բայդեմիրը հայտնել է, որ մեծ երաժիշտ, ազատության ձայն Արամ Տիգրանը իր երգերի հետ խորհրդանշում էր եղբայրությունը եւ քրդի պես քուրդ երաժշտությանը ծառայություն էր մատուցում: Արամ Տիգրանի մահը արվեստի տեսանկյունից մեծ կորուստ էր հայերի, արաբների եւ քրդերի համար: Արամ Տիգրանը հայ եւ քուրդ ժողովուրդների միջեւ խաղաղության աղավնի էր, սիրտն էլ՝ երեխայի սրտի պես մաքուր: Արամ Տիգրանը քրդերենի պահպանման համար խորհրդանիշ դարձավ:

 

Արամ Տիգրանի մահվան 3-րդ տարելիցի կապակցությամբ մեկ անգամ եւս նրա ընտանիքին, ընկերներին, հայ եւ քուրդ ժողովուրդներին համբերություն եմ մաղթում: Հազար տարի էլ անցնի, նրա ունիկալ եւ անկրկնելի ձայնը ապրելու է, նրա անունը ապրելու է: Արամ Տիգրանի մահվան 3-րդ տարելիցին նրան ամենախորին հարգանքով հիշում ենք»,-հայտարարել է Դիարբեքիրի քաղաքապետ Օսման Բայդեմիրը:

 

Հիշեցնենք, որ 1934-ի հունվարի 15-ին Սիրիայի Քամիշլո քաղաքում ծնված Արամ Տիգրանը 20 տարեկանից իրեն նվիրել է երաժշտությանը՝ երգելով հայերեն, քրդերեն, թուրքերեն, արաբերեն, հունարեն եւ ասորերեն։ Արամ Տիգրանը մի շարք հայկական ժողովրդական երգեր է թարգմանել ու երգել քրդերեն, եւ հակառակը։

 

Արամ Տիգրանի երազանքը՝ թաղվել Դիարբեքիրում, չկատարվեց, քանի որ թուրքական իշխանությունները թույլ չտվեցին հայազգի երաժիշտին թաղել Դիարբեքիրի հայկական գերեզմանոցում։ Այնուամենայնիվ, Դիարբեքիրի հայկական գերեզմանոցում կատարվեց Արամ Տիգրանի խորհրդանշական թաղումը, իսկ արդեն նրա համար փորված գերեզմանի հողը Դիարբեքիրի քաղաքապետ Օսման Բայդեմիրն իր հետ տեղափոխել է Բրյուսել, որտեղ թաղվել է հայտնի հայազգի երաժիշտը։

 

 

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Aram Tigran (Armenian: Արամ Տիգրան) or Aramê Dîkran (Kurdish rendering from Western Armenian), born Aram Melikyan (Armenian: Արամ Մելիքյան), (1934 – 8 August 2009)[1] was a contemporary Armenian singer who sang primarily in Kurdish.

Tigran was born in Al-Qamishli in northeastern Syria to a family originally from Diyarbakır. After finishing grade nine, he concentrated his efforts on learning music and playing Oud and by the age of twenty years old, he was singing in three languages: Kurdish, Arabic and Armenian[2]. He is considered among the best of contemporary Kurdish singers and musicians[3]. He recorded 230 songs in Kurdish, 150 in Arabic, 10 in Syriac, 8 in Greek.[4]

Tigran died in Athens on August 8, 2009[5]. Tigran wanted to be buried in Diyarbakır but Turkish authorities refused this request.[

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Armenian and Kurdish Musician Aram Tigran Dies

Arts & Entertainment — By Liana Aghajanian on August 8, 2009 3:45 pm

http://ianyanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/aramtigran1242140449801.jpgArmenian singer Aram Tigran, who was considered one of the best contemporary Kurdish singers and musicians died today in Athens, Greece in Evangelismos General Hospital. The 75-year-old celebrated singer's two children traveled from Belgium to be with him and his wife, according to ANF News Agency. Tigran had lost consciousness two days before his death and doctors did not seem hopeful.

 

Tigran wanted to be buried in Diyarbakir, the largest city in southeastern Turkey. The son of an Armenian Genocide survivor, Tigran was born in 1934 in Qamishlu, a Kurdish city in Syria and had been involved in music from an early age. By the time he was 20, Tigran was singing in Kurdish, Arabic and Armenian.

 

Kurdish President Remzi Kartal released a message of condolence for Tigran and his family, stating "Great poet and friend of the Kurdish people Aram Tigran has died. Our pain is too big…his place cannot be filled in any way." (rough translation)

 

In addition to ANF reporting that fans have flocked to the Greek hospital to pay their condolences, many have expressed their sadness and regret through social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

 

"The Kurds and Armenians should arrange something in memory of Aram Tigran, so that they can complete his mission," wrote
freedom4kurds
, who poignantly added "All Aram Tigran wanted was peace. Peace between people and the people's freedom" and "Aram Tigran LOVED his people, he belonged to the proud Armenian and the proud Kurdish people, even if he was not Kurdish. RIP."

 

Others who might not have been too familiar with Tigran and his music, also chimed in.

 

"Aram Tigran is the symbol of love, peace and reconciliation between the Kurdish and the Armenian people," wrote
FreeCyprus
, who added "The Kurds and Armenians are my brothers, love each other."

 

Strangely, Armenpedia, "The Armenian Encyclopedia" does not have an entry on Aram Tigran.

 

Listen to two of Aram Tigran's songs below, "Hey Le Le Waye" and "Sev Cu"

 

The relationship between Armenians and Kurds spans more than a 100 years, with certain hostile events occurring between the two groups, including the Hammidan Massacres and the Armenian Genocide. Kurdish culture received support during Soviet Armenia, with a Kurdish radio broadcast from Yerevan and Riya Teze, the Kurdish newspaper published in Yerevan. In the late 60s and 70s, The Armenian Academy of Sciences founded a Kurdish Studies Department.

 

According to the 2004 U.S Department of State human rights report, the Yazidi Kurds,the largest ethnic and religious minority in the country were subjected to harassment in Armenia, including the hazing of Yazidi army conscripts and poor police responses to crimes committed against the Yazidis. The Union of Armenian Aryans, an ultra-nationalist group, has called for the cleansing of Yazidis from Armenia. A high percentage of Yezidi children do not attend school, both due to poverty and a lack of teachers who speak their native language.

 

The situation improved however, and the 2007 U.S Department of State Human Rights Report noted that "As in previous years, Yezidi leaders did not complain that police and local authorities subjected their community to discrimination." The 2008 report noted that attendance rates among children in the Yezidi ethnic minority continued to be lower than average, partially due to economic reasons, a lack of Yezidi teachers and textbooks, and the early removal of teenage girls from schools for marriage.

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MAYOR OF TURKEY'S DIYARBAKIR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARMENIAN MUSICIAN

 

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August 09, 2012 | 09:09

 

Mayor of Turkey's Diyarbakir Osman Baydemir issued a statement on

the third anniversary of Armenian singer Aram Tigran's death.

 

"The death of Aram Tigran is a big loss to Armenians, Arabs and Kurds.

 

He was a dove of peace fluttering between Armenian and Kurdish people.

 

His heart was as pure as a heart of a child. Aram Tigran has become

a symbol of preserving the Kurdish language," Baydemir said.

 

Aram Tigran was born on January 15, 1934 in Syria. He was singing in

Armenian, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Greek and Assyrian.

 

He wanted to be buried in the Armenian cemetery in Diyarbakir.

 

However, the Turkish authorities did not fulfill his wish.

 

Nevertheless, Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir took soil from the

graveyard in Diyarbakir to Brussels where the musician is buried.

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