
Song credits
- Year
- 1956
- Duration
- 7:53
- Performer
- Agite Tejer, Agite Jmo
Biography
Agite Tejer
Agite Tejer (Kurdish: Egîdê Têcir) was a renowned dengbêj, a Kurdish singer-storyteller, of the Kurds of Armenia; he lived in the village of Sincalî in the Talin area. He is regarded as one of the founding figures of Kurdish dengbêj singing in Soviet Armenia and on the Kurdish broadcasts of Radio Yerevan, and was especially noted for his performance of the song "Siyabend û Xecê". His recordings from 1954–1956 are kept in the archive of the Public Radio of Armenia.