We’re happy we have completed this video project created for 2021 international women’s day on the request of http://www.facebook.com/ressurrectos (Beja, Portugal)!
Song, music and original lyrics in Kurdish & Arabic by Vedat Yıldırım · Selda Öztürk (Kardeş Türküler) found here : https://youtu.be/-3Fo_DaTFoM . Kardeş Türküler is a Turkish band we got to know and sometimes had the honour to perform with while living in Istanbul. We always enjoyed the joyful and powerful music as much as the multicultural message they convey, as they perform music from all traditions/languages from Turkey (including Turkish, Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish, Laz, etc)
The song refers to the Siege of Kobanî in 2014-15 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Koban%C3%AE)
The original song was written in Kurdish and Arabic, we got the Arabic final part adapted by our dear friend Sten Charbonneau into Breton with whom we wrote Inês album.
The original mixed media painting Ishtar Rising on canvas is available for sale for 450€. Size is around 59*49cm and the sides are all painted, so it could be hung as such. https://simonealves.squarespace.com/shop/p/ishtar-rizing-mixed-media-art-on-canvas
Materials include acrylics, aquarelles types of paints, natural pigments and made from coal and ashes, natural pigments from stones, collage elements, acrylic pens,… It was painted between end of February and 5th of March 2021.
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