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The Examples Of Traditional Folk Beliefs And Practices in Denizli, Kale-Davaz

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  • Harun AKÇAM

    (Ä°stanbul Arel Ãœniversitesi)

  • Serkan KÖSE

    (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi)

  • Hüseyin KARAKAYA

    (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi)

Abstract

"Gök Tanrı" religion has a great importance, where accepting and appropriating Islam of Old Turks. But Turks, didn?t give up completely the old beliefs and traditions with the Islam. Today, researchers have accepted that Turks have been continious shaping with Islam some of beliefs in Middle Asia. Elements of belief in the Middle Asia are living in the common cultural memory of society. Today's the basis of folk beliefs and personalities have been called as "veli, eren, dede, baba" with Islam in Anatolia are based on system of belief pre-Islamic. In this notice, it have been examined that from beliefs of folk and consist of around the tombs in Kale-Davaz town of Denizli. Datas of the study have been obtained from collected works in Kale-Davaz town and its villages. Each element of belief is analyzed by considered social and cultural context from theory and methods of folklore.

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  • Harun AKÇAM & Serkan KÖSE & Hüseyin KARAKAYA, 2015. "The Examples Of Traditional Folk Beliefs And Practices in Denizli, Kale-Davaz," Eurasian Academy Of Sciences Social Sciences Journal, Eurasian Academy Of Sciences, vol. 4(4), pages 24-35, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:4:y:2015:i:4:p:24-35
    DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2015.V4.02
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