University Project Targets Compilation of Kurdish Folklore

University of Kurdistan in Sanandaj is organizing a project for collecting Kurdish folktales.
The varsity’s Research Institute for Kurdish Studies has invited enthusiasts to a project in which participants will collect folk stories from the cities and villages with Kurdish people and culture, ISNA reported on its Persian website.
According to the executive director of the project Hiresh Shirzad, the study is to be conducted in three stages. “Kurdistan Province is the target of the first phase. Next are the provinces of Ilam and Kermanshah, and the third will focus on the region of Mokryan encompassing the two cities of Mahabad and Piranshahr in West Azarbaijan Province.” The project has already begun in Kurdistan Province.