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• KCK celebrates Kurdish Language Day 

  “Language is the most important tool of a people to keep their identity and culture alive and to give them a future. Every language carries the history, culture, literature, art and philosophy of life of a people,” said the KCK.
• Paris Kurdish Culture Festival begins with traditional music and dance 

  The Paris Kurdish Culture Festival kicked off on Saturday.
• Today is Kurdish Language Day 

  In 2006, 15 May was declared Kurdish Language Day. However, the pressures on the Kurdish language and culture continue today.
• The Mesopotamia Cultural Centre is the academy of Kurdish culture 

  Rênçber Agirî said that the MKM is actually an academy of Kurdish culture.
• PKK Culture and Art Committee commemorates 30th anniversary of death of martyr Hozan Mizgîn 

  The PKK Culture and Art Committee commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of martyr Hozan Mizgîn (Gurbet Aydın), whom it describes as the representative of a free woman, artist and revolutionary personality.
• Kevana Zêrîn Women's Culture Movement pays tribute to Rojda Bakur 

  Kevana Zêrîn Women's Culture Movement commemorated Rojda Bakur, a member of the Democratic Culture and Art Movement, who died of cancer.
• First edition of Amsterdam Kurdish Film Festival kicks off on 13 May 

  The first edition of the Amsterdam Kurdish Film Festival will kick off on 13 May. 25 films will be screened and different cultural events will be held throughout the festival.
• First Sunday Mass at Armenian church in Amed after seven years 

  The Sunday Service was held at the Surp Giragos Church in Amed.
• Serêkaniyê theater group begins work again in Hesekê 

  The members of the theater group, which was disbanded after the occupation of Serêkaniyê, were reunited with the establishment of the Martyr Darsi Theater Group in 2021 and had the opportunity to continue their arts.
• Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement: Painting helps children to grow confident 

  Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement stresses the importance of education of children, both contributing to the development of children and trying to attract them to art with its painting course.
• Artists in Rojava stand by guerrillas and their resistance 

  Saluting the guerrillas' resistance to the invasion attacks, the artists from Rojava said that they will stand with the guerrillas with their work. “If necessary, we will raise a gun and join them.”
• Intense interest in 'Şengal-Heza Jinê' theater play in Zurich 

  The Volksbühne Basel Theater Group's piece 'Şengal -Hêza Jinê' drew great interest in Zurich.
• Kurdish refugee’s “toothbrush” self portrait nominated for Australia’s top prize 

  For artist Mostafa Azimitabar, a Kurd who fled Iran, the honor came persecution just over a year after he was released from one of Australia’s notorious immigration hotels.
• Hêza awarded as best documentary at Los Angeles Independent Women's Film Festival 

  Hêza, directed by Derya Deniz, received the best documentary award at the Los Angeles Independent Women's Film Festival.
• Stêrka Rojê, a collective music group in which children are both students and teachers 

  Stêrka Rojê, affiliated to the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center, is a music group consisting of 9 children. The band members, who receive vocal and instrument training, both perform and contribute to the training of newcomers.
• Kurdish film "Ji bo Azadiyê" screened in Mexico City 

  The collective "Cine Nómada" has screened in Mexico City the film "Ji bo Azadiyê" about the resistance for self-government in Sur. Solidarity was expressed to the Kurdish people in the face of the Turkish war of aggression.
• 198 writers condemn sentence in Gezi Case 

  198 writers condemned the sentence in the Gezi Case, and said: "We add our voice to the voice of life and resistance."
• European Kurdish Culture and Art Movement to start actions against Turkish occupation 

  Members of the European Kurdish Culture and Art Movement got together in Cologne and established a crisis desk to promote actions against the invasion attacks by the Turkish state and the KDP.
• Kayem: The spiritual palace of Kurds 

  Located in Hakkari's Şemdinli district, Kayme Palace, which has a spiritual value for the Kurds, continues to dazzle with its magnificence.
• First edition of Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris to kick off on 14 May 

  The CDK-F will present in Paris the first edition of the Kurdish Cultural Festival. The event will kick off on 14 May.
• HDP celebrates Yazidi feast Çarşema Sor 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) celebrated Çarşema Sor Feast and said that “we will get rid of this spiral of violence together in solidarity with the Yazidis”.
• Awazê Çiya releases music video on Shengal resistance 

  Music group Awazê Çiya released a new music video about the genocidal attacks on Shengal and the resistance against these attacks.
• Kurdish Internationalist Delegation at Basque Youth Festival 

  Representatives of the Diplomacy Committee of the Rojava Youth Movement and the Academy of Democratic Modernity have participated in the annual youth festival of the left-wing independence movement in the Basque Country.
• Theater as a form of expression in Maxmur 

  Sîrwan Kanat grew up in the Maxmur refugee camp and has been performing theater since childhood. For him, theater is an alternative to the problems and conflicts people face in the camp.
• Kurdish Film Days Cologne to kick off next week 

  From April 22 to 24, Filmhaus Kino will once again bring some festival atmosphere to Cologne with the Kurdish Film Days.