Susika Smo

Susika Smo (Kurdish: Sûsika Simo, 1925–1977) was a Yazidi Kurdish singer, born in 1925 in the village of Mîrekêda in Elegez, Armenia. She first performed on stage in 1946 and sang her songs on Radio Yerevan; together with the Armenian Kûlya Neftalyan, whom she married, she toured not only Armenia but the whole Soviet Union. Her song "Lo lo Miho" became well known among the Kurds of the Caucasus. She died in 1977 at the age of 52; her recordings from 1955–1975 are kept in the archive of the Public Radio of Armenia.