Sirta Qendîl

General Information

Also Known As

Sirta Qendîl shrine, Kevrê Qendîl, Rock of Qendil, Sirta Qendil

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Efrîn

Village or Nearby Villages

Xelnêrê

Sirta Qendîl is a shrine of Xelnêrê in the Efrîn sub-district, one of the three shrines of the village alongside Qere Baba and Sare Qîzê.1

Physical & Landscape Features

The shrine is a rock at the top of the jagged mountain above the village, also called Kevrê Qendîl, the Rock of Qendil, qendîl meaning candle or lamp. The rock stands between two shrines, about one hundred and fifty metres from one of them, and the whole area is known by the names of Qere Baba and the Rock of Qendil. The villagers say they do not know where the name came from.2

Transcripts

Xelnêrê (Ax û Welat – Episode 1123):

  • 11:52 – The narrator names Sirta Qendîl as one of the shrines of the area.
  • 16:14 – The host and a village woman at the Rock of Qendil, which gives the whole area its name.

Videography

Xelnêrê (Ax û Welat – Episode 1123): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXr4JQFyAJc

Bibliography

References

  1. Ax û Welat, "Xelnêrê," Episode 1123 (village Xelnêrê), YouTube video, at 11:52 and 19:04, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXr4JQFyAJc. Kurdish quote: "Yek ji van zîyaretan, Sirta Qendîl e." English translation: "One of these shrines is Sirta Qendîl." Kurdish quote: "Yanî her digotin Sare Qîz, Qere Baba, Kevrê Qendîl." English translation: "They always said Sare Qiz, Qere Baba, the Rock of Qendil." ↩

  2. Ax û Welat, "Xelnêrê," Episode 1123, at 16:14–16:32. Kurdish quote: "Bi Qere Baba û zîyareta Kevrê Qendîl tê naskirin vê mentiqa giş." English translation: "This whole area is known by Qere Baba and the Shrine of the Rock of Qendil." The accompanying English block adds that the rock is "placed between two shrines," about one hundred and fifty metres from one, and that the villagers "just don't know" the origin of the name. ↩