In the framework of the memory of the Kurdish community Dengbêjs' songs about the recent events

Oral culture constitutes an aspect of social memory. Especially in the societies where written culture has not developed enough, cultural transmission comes true in an oral way. This oral attitude transforms into music and oral literature over the time. In the Kurdish music, Dengbejs are the primary transmitters of this oral culture. As Kurdish has not been used as a formal language for a long time, it has prevented Kurdish history to be transferred in written form. On the other hand Kurdish dengbejs, in order not to let historical events to be erased from the social memory, they've made these events up by making each of them a subject of their kılams and in that way built the social memory. In every corner of Kurdistan it's possible to come across to this kind of songs. Each of these can be a subject to a research individually. Dengbejs, with the songs they made, have taken the role to transmit the social consciousness. Particularly from the mournings there have emerged a giant archive. This study aims to make a debate on the importance of music in the Kurdish oral culture in terms of history. In the study, music and history relationship will be discussed in the lights of two different songs which express two different events happened in our recent history. And in the last section, the efforts to assimilate Dersim's history and music will be addressed brieflyOral culture constitutes an aspect of social memory. Especially in the societies where written culture has not developed enough, cultural transmission comes true in an oral way. This oral attitude transforms into music and oral literature over the time. In the Kurdish music, Dengbejs are the primary transmitters of this oral culture. As Kurdish has not been used as a formal language for a long time, it has prevented Kurdish history to be transferred in written form. On the other hand Kurdish dengbejs, in order not to let historical events to be erased from the social memory, they've made these events up by making each of them a subject of their kılams and in that way built the social memory. In every corner of Kurdistan it's possible to come across to this kind of songs. Each of these can be a subject to a research individually. Dengbejs, with the songs they made, have taken the role to transmit the social consciousness. Particularly from the mournings there have emerged a giant archive. This study aims to make a debate on the importance of music in the Kurdish oral culture in terms of history. In the study, music and history relationship will be discussed in the lights of two different songs which express two different events happened in our recent history. And in the last section, the efforts to assimilate Dersim's history and music will be addressed briefl