Cemo Zaretê

General Information

Also Known As

Cemo Zaretê shrine, Ziyareta Cemo Zaretê, Cemo Zaretê

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Cindirês

Village or Nearby Villages

Kanî Gewrkê

Religious Affiliation

Yezidi

Cemo Zaretê is one of the shrines of Kanî Gewrkê, a Yezidi village in the Cindirês sub-district.1

Dedicated Figure & Historical Roots

Members of the Şêx Rabo family, a sheikhly family living in the village, tie the shrine to their forebear Ehmed Şêx Heyder. Proofs and tests of his standing as a sheikh were demanded of him. In the story, his flock rose from the place where it was kept and went up to the Shrine of Cemo, where people of a tribe saw it. The young men had lost the sheep through the opening, and the sheep were held for three days until the end without being given up. The teller closes by saying that it happened through destiny and will, and that it rests on divine destiny.2

Bibliography

References

  1. Ax û Welat, "Kanî Gewrkê," Episode 1311 (village Kanî Gewrkê), YouTube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIpw_lJ8waw. Direct quote: "Miletê me Êzîdî ye." English translation: "Our people are Yezidi." ↩

  2. Ax û Welat, "Kanî Gewrkê," Episode 1311 (village Kanî Gewrkê), YouTube video, at 19:12–19:42, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIpw_lJ8waw. Direct quote: "Ehmed Şêx Heyder, imtîhan jê xwestin. Hespê xwe hebûn û pezê xwa ji... ji... Şêxler bûn... Miriya xwe di wî derê rakirî de... Çû heta Cemo Zaretê. Di nav eşîreke dîtin ew. Beriya aş dihat... Şebab... pezê xwa di derê re şaş kirin. Ew pez bi xwe hest... sero binê... pez gişt a... sê ro bi xwe re girtin heta da talî. Bû fîtile, yanî pez dît, tiştek... nedan ewan. Subhanallah. Yanê ew bab... bi qeder û îrade. Heta qedereke îlahî ye." English translation: "Ehmed Sheikh Haidar, they asked tests from him. They had their horse and their sheep from... from... They were sheikhs... His flock was raised in that place... It went up to the Shrine of Cemo. They saw him in a tribe. Before the mill came... The youth... lost their sheep through the door. The sheep felt it themselves... upside down... all the sheep... they kept them for three days until the end. It was a wick, meaning they saw the sheep, nothing... they didn't give them. Subhanallah. I mean that door... with destiny and will. It's up to divine destiny." ↩