Disappearing Treasure Qustan375 Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo

Bosus tells us about a man who collected branches in the forest. He found a treasure on his way. He went home to leave the treasure and then returned to the forest to take the treasure. The treasure disappeared and he was never able to find it again. The Beth Qustan dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, which is the language of Tur 'Abdin, South Eastern Turkey, with an estimated 20 families remaining in the village.This project will document socio-cultural practices of the Turoyo speaking community in Tur 'Abdin, focusing on vernacular tales, particularly those that demonstrate cultural interaction between Muslims and Christians, including Muslim visitations to the shrines of Christian saints, and consultation of soothsayers by Christians. ... Bosus was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1992 and moved to Salzburg, Austria, in 2015 to complete his MA in Syriac Theology in 2015.