Buka Barana
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Buka Barana literally meaning the bride of the rain
; is a traditional hand-made doll with a female face, used by Kurdish
children (girls) to ask for rain.
Children carrying the doll across the region, sing some folclore poems; other people in turn respond with pouring some water over the doll.
This tradition which is performed during seasons when people need raining, has roots in Kurdish mythology
and culture.
A poem sung by the girls can often begin with:
Rain
Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. Rain requires the presence of a thick layer of the atmosphere to have temperatures above the melting point of water near and above the Earth's surface...
; is a traditional hand-made doll with a female face, used by Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
children (girls) to ask for rain.
Children carrying the doll across the region, sing some folclore poems; other people in turn respond with pouring some water over the doll.
This tradition which is performed during seasons when people need raining, has roots in Kurdish mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
and culture.
A poem sung by the girls can often begin with:
- Buke barane awî dewê
- derzî gewre kichanî dewê...