Posted by Ali Asker on 11/15/06 11:41

Thanks for the reply R M O'Donnell,



First, all my efforts did not paid off; Goran Kay came last in the voting by
the British public :-)



When it comes to similarities between the Celtic culture and the Kurdish
culture you may not believe it but it is a lot of similarities! As in the
past when Celtic culture was denied and banned by the English occupiers
(probably few centuries ago) Kurdish culture is also denied and banned by
the occupying forces (Turkey, Iran, Syria and Saddam's Iraq)! Kurdish
language is banned in Turkey, Kurdish identity is denied by the Turkish
regime even though 20 million Kurds live in Turkey, Kurdish culture is
restricted by the Turkish state (playing Kurdish music, writing Kurdish
books, poems, dancing in the rhythm of Kurdish folk music could make you end
up put you in jail for life)! The things that I mentioned here happen now in
the edge of the Europe where the county called Turkey trying to get a
membership to European Union.



The reason that I have asked for your support was to showing specially the
Turks that Kurdish people exist and continue to exist even discriminative
and racist policies of Turkish state and like a singer Goram Kay who is not
shy to call himself Kurdish would have proved my point.



I guess we will have to find another way to struggle our just cause!



Please visit soc.culture.kurdish to understand what I mean.



Thank you



"R M O'Donnell" <rmod@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> "Ali Asker" <pasa_asker@kurdistan.kd> wrote in message
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>> Vote for Kurdish singer Goran Kay in the Eurovision song contest
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> It appears the Kurds are asking the Celts for their support for the
> Kurdish singer, I am not too sure about this one.
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> I think that Kurdish and Celtic culture have a few similarities, so maybe
> he is angling for support on that basis ?
> Could xomebody please tell me if there is much in common with these
> cultures ?
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> I would think that the Eurovision song contest would have some other
> entrany that is more celtic, perhaps. Goram's lyrics presented appear to
> be turgid crap but may be a better standard of crap than the little I have
> ever seen of the Eurovision song contest.
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> I fear that we may be being asked to vote for someone who appears to be of
> the calibre of Borat Sagdiyev, the international representative of Kazakh
> culture.
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> Yours in puzzlement,
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> RM O'Donnell
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