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A Night of Assyrian Poetry! |
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By Ninos Aho and Yosip Bet Yosip
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A poetry recitation program was organized by the Association.
The participating poets were Ninos Aho and Yosip Bet
Yosip. Poetry has played an important role in the literary life of all
nations. Some of the most famous ancient epics such as the Mesopotamian
Gilgamesh, the Greek's the Odyssey and the Iliad, the Persian Shahnameh and the
Assyrian Gattina Gabara were told in verse. For the Assyrians who are mostly
uneducated in their own language Assyrian poetry provides an opportunity to
learn about their own literature.
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A poetry recitation program was organized by
the Association. The participating poets were
Ninos Aho and Yosip
Bet Yosip. Poetry has played
an important
role in the literary life of all nations. Some
of the most famous ancient epics
such as the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh, the Greek's
the Odyssey and the Iliad, the Persian Shahnameh
and the Assyrian Gattina Gabara were told in
verse. For the Assyrians who are mostly uneducated
in their own language Assyrian poetry provides
an opportunity to learn about their own literature.
Ninos Aho was born on April 24, 1945 (Nissan
of the Assyrian Year 6695) in the small village
of Girkeh-Shamo in the Syrian-part of Mesopotamia.
He writes poetry in both Eastern and Western
Assyrian dialect. His poems are eloquent and
many of them have been used as lyrics for dozens
of romantic and national songs.
Yosip Bet Yosip
has written numerous poems, articles,
choral lyrics and is an active
member of the Assyrian Choir in San Jose/CA. His most recent
activity was the presentation of his poems in
a gathering of Poets from all over the world
in lasi, Romania in October 2002. He read his
poems the "The Garden of Gods" and " My
Homeland Bet-Nahrain". at the World's poets
Congress and sang a song titled; Thara D' Yimma
based on a poem by the famous Assyrian poet
Addi Alkhas(1897-1959).
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