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Felt: Unveiling an Endangered Craft

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posted on 2025-06-27, 09:40 authored by Yad Deen, Renas Babakir, Noori Issa
A documentary film which is an effort to demonstrate and appreciate the endangered craft of felt-making through the traditional practices and living memories of the few remaining felt-makers in Sinjar and Kifri.

History

Session

D01

Rights owner

Yad Deen and Renas Babakir

Title alt

لباد پیشەیەک لە لێواری لەناوچوندا

Description alt

ئەم بەڵگە فیلمە هەوڵێکە بۆ پیشاندان و پێزانینی پیشەی لباد کە لێواری لەناوچوندایە، لە رێگەی دروستکردنی لباد بە شێوازە نەریتییەکەی و لە ڕێگەی یادەوەری زیندووی دواهەمین لبادچیەکان لە هەردوو ناوچەی کفری و شنگال.

Cultural group

Kurdish, Ezidi

Participants

Salim Ali, Khalaf Darwesh, Nofa Zoro Salih, Renas Babakir

Country

Iraq

Place

Kifri and Sinjar, Kurdistan

Item/object

felt

Techniques of production

Felted

Materials

Wool-lambswool

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Interviewer-interviewee

Location

Workshop

Intent

Traditional felt-making is the central subject

Date of creation

2024-03-08

Unique ID

2022SG01-D01-0177

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