Feast Of Newroz And Newroz Dessert İs Uzbeks Living İn Antakya: Sümelek / ANTAKYA’DA YAŞAYAN ÖZBEKLERDE NEVRUZ BAYRAMI VE NEVRUZ TATLISI: SÜMELEK
Feast of Newroz is a common reflection of seasonal transition which heralds advent of Spring. It symbolises the nature’s awaking and reactivation of sleeping for whole Winter. The feast of Spring is also a rooted tradition in Turkish folk culture that has been celebrated religionally and myticall...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cyprus International University
2015-11-01
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Series: | Folklor/Edebiyat |
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Online Access: | https://www.folkloredebiyat.org/Makaleler/441456252_fe-84-8.pdf |
Summary: | Feast of Newroz is a common reflection of seasonal transition which heralds advent of
Spring. It symbolises the nature’s awaking and reactivation of sleeping for whole Winter.
The feast of Spring is also a rooted tradition in Turkish folk culture that has been celebrated
religionally and mytically in a lot of cultures since ancient ages. Newroz also called as Yeni
Gün, Ergenekon in Middle Asia is one of the mai constituents of Turkish folk culture.
This study is based on pre-interview in the months of 2011 June-July and the findings I got
from the field research anout Uzbeks who are settled to Ovakent neighborhood of Antakya in
1982, between the dates September 28,2011, January 08,2012, February-July 2012, MarchApril
2015. Besides this study is limited with Uzbeks who joined to interview in the time
period mentioned above. In this study, I took advantage of qualitative research method and
participant observation and profound interview techniques that support this method.
In this study, It was attempted to understand that Uzbeks living in Antakya, how the
feast of Newroz is celebrated, during this, which motives are reconfigured and practising
Dervişhane, Uzbek rice, Sumelek dessert that are the benchmarks of this feast and the
meaning patterns of them. Furthermore, the application of this feast in Turkic tribes and their
communities and Afghanistan are examined. |
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ISSN: | 1300-7491 1300-7491 |