I arrived to Cape Town yesterday. On the way to the hotel I see something interesting, an amazing Kurdish restaurant in central Cape Town, Mesopotamia. Today I went there for a visit and met the two founders and saw this amazing restaurant that also is a Kurdish cultural museum with its furnishing and interior.
It has been here for 11 years and obviously played a big role in the understanding of Kurdish culture and awareness of Kurdistan. It was founded by two brothers from North Kurdistan, Mr Baran and Mr Sediq.
What was more interesting is that the mystery with the funny short movie “Kurdish or Turkish Olympic game” the “rock diving” that is world-famous on internet.
Search You Tube for "Diyarbakir Olimpiyatlari" and you will find the clip You can also visit the Mesopotamia web site through the link below.
Actually the guy who is talking in the movie is Mr Baran. The movie was made in Cape Town by Mr Sediq and his brother. They invented “rock diving” as an Olympic game because in Kurdistan there are no sea to dive in. The movie was made with FOX Television and got a gold award in Cannes. It took one month to finish and budget was one million dollar.
This is the link to the restaurant; actually they have also built up another Kurdish restaurant.
Mesopotamia Kurdish restaurant in Cape Town South Africa
3 comments:
I have actually dinned at that restaurant 2003 while I was living in south africa doing some research on HIV/AIDS issues. I really did have a greate time there and taking my friends to that restaurant was a pleasure, it was nice to speak Kurdish again and show how good kurdish food actually tasted!
So thats what the video is! I visited their website a while ago but never knew how that video could fit there! Thanks for explaining :-)
Kati: Thanks for your comment. Nice that it is appreciated! The video clip is classic now =)
Delér:
Me too, it was really a nice experience. They are very famous in Cape Town if not in sSouth Africa and are listed among the best restaurants always in Cape Town and laways with great reviews.
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