Singer SAKINA began her career self taught, as an autodidact, before she received professional education and voice training.
In the 90’s she was a member of the Mesopotamian Culture Centre, a Kurdish artists association based in Istanbul but acting throughout all of Turkey. Its members suffered various reprisals by the government because of their Kurdish lyrics. Some of them paid their artistic dedication with their lives.
During this time she organized many (due to the government led forbiddance of the Kurdish language until the late 90s) illegal concerts, until eventually she was forced to flee.
She continued her work in Armenia, Syria and Kurdish-Irak.
Currently she is living in Düsseldorf and Vienna.
With her kurdish female Band Trio Mara , she performs Womem Songs from Kurdistan
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Especially for this female pressure compilation Ipek Ipekcioglu and Sakina I Trio Mara came together to contribute with a song which claims the industrial change ...
BÊRÎVAN : Kurdish / Kirmanci
Qese û Qeydê: Hazırali
Dela meşo Berîvanê Aşîrê şitê to kanî Kupê naylonî veciyê Bêrîvanî aşîr nêzanê
Raya bêriya ma duriya Bêrîvana mi pêya şiya Germa amnanî kêwta qiyamê Bêrîvanam çixa qefeliya
Raya bêriya toz û dumana Bêrîvanam xo ta dana Germa amnanî kêwta qiyamê Bêrîvana mi araq dana
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BÊRÎVAN* (Sheep-milking woman)
Lyrics & Music: Hazirali
Wait for me Bêrîvan! Which one is your aşîr**?
Bêrîvans no longer recognise their aşîrs Since plastic containers were made
It’s a long way to Bêrî My Bêrîvan has to walk there Summer heat is like hell
My Bêrîvan is so tired
The Bêrî path is rough and muddy My Bêrîvan is swinging to Bêrî Summer heat is like hell My Bêrîvan is exhausted
*Bêrî : The place where a shepherd gathers a sheep herd to be milked Bêrîvan : a young woman who milks the sheep at Bêrî ** Aşîr : A traditional soft container made of sheep leather, used for collecting milk
BÊRÎVAN (SÜT SAĞAN KADIN)
Söz-Müzik: Hazırali
Hele gitme Berivanım Senin aşirin nerededir Naylon bidonlar çıktı çıkalı Berivanlar artık aşiri bilmiyorlar
Berimizin yolu uzaktır Berivanım yaya gider Yaz sıcağı kıyamet gibi Berivanım ne kadar da yorulmuş
Berimizin yolu toz dumandır Berivanım salınarak gidiyor Yaz sıcağı kıyamet gibi Berivanım ne kadar da terlemiş
Bêrî: Süt sağmak üzere koyunların toplandığı yer. Bêrîvan: Süt sağan kadın Aşîr: Koyun derisinden yapılan ve içine süt sağılan tulum.