The table full of food showed the Kurdish hospitality very well: cigköfte, icliköfte, lahmacun and baklava. All either very spicy or very sweet, nevertheless VERY tasty. Besides the good food they also managed to create a nice atmosphere with traditional dances and Ekrem suprised us with some romantic and tragic songs.
We discovered their culture which was totally unknown to me when I first came to Romania. Now, living together with two great kurdish guys I have realised, that Kurdistan is not just a rebellious region in the Middle-East. Kurds have very strong national identity (I realised that when I referd to Ekrem and Yusuf as turks in the beginning, never making that mistake again), difficult history, vivid culture and an extremely interesting language which is nothing like the Turkish.
Probably the most important thing I have learnt in my EVS is not to prejudice anything or anybody. If Kurds are mentioned in the Estonian media, for example, the article almost certainly also includes words like "war" or "terrorist". What they don't know is that people from that "extremely dangerous" place can be one of the nicest, friendliest and the most helpful you have ever met. And sure, they love their people and region.
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