Sunday, February 24, 2008

Kurdish musician in Armenia recieves a plaque of honor


Egite Jmo (born 1932 in Armenia) His family had fled Van, northern Kurdistan in 1918.
He began playing flute at the age of 9 and Egite worked for more than 30 years for the Kurdish radio of Yerivan - Denge Erivan. His dream is to provide courses of flute for Kurdish children of Amed (Diyarbekir), in northern Kurdistan.

At the beginning of November 2007, the Kurdish association of Armenia, "Tev Çandê ", has granted in Erivan, the capital of Armenia, a plaque of honor to the famous Kurdish flute player, Egite Jmo.

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