Qereqoçê

General Information

Also Known As

Qereqoçê shrine, Ziyareta Qereqoçê, Geliyê Qereqoje

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Şera

Village or Nearby Villages

Diraqliya

Qereqoçê is a shrine of Diraqliya in the Şera sub-district.

Physical & Landscape Features

It lies west of the village in the Valley of Qereqoje. A well named Qereqoçê stands beside the shrine, and the village cemetery has formed around it.1 A spring once flowed in the valley but dried up after a bulldozer destroyed it during road construction.2

Transcripts

Diraqliya (Ax û Welat – Episode 1136):

  • 08:53 – A guest recalls the spring in the Valley of Qereqoje that a bulldozer destroyed during road construction.
  • 10:18 – The narrator describes the Qereqoçê well beside the shrine and the cemetery around it.

Videography

Diraqliya (Ax û Welat – Episode 1136): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-343TNf-4

Bibliography

References

  1. Ax û Welat, "Diraqliya," Episode 1136 (village Diraqliya), YouTube video, at 08:53–10:25, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-343TNf-4. Kurdish quote: "Li Rojavayê gund, li gel ziyareta Qereqoçê, bîrek bi navê Qereqoçê heye." English translation: "To the west of the village, beside the Qereqoçê shrine, there is a well named Qereqoçê." Kurdish quote: "Li derdora wê bûye goristana gund." English translation: "Around it the village cemetery has formed." ↩

  2. Ax û Welat, "Diraqliya," Episode 1136. Kurdish quote: "Rêk çêkirin, va kaniya bûldozerê daro xera kirin, av hişk bû di viderê da." English translation: "They built a road, a bulldozer destroyed this spring, and the water dried up here." ↩