AN ANALOGY ESSAY ON THE PRACTICES AND BELIEFS OF AFTERBIRTH AMONG CUVAŞ TURKS AND TRABZON  ŞALPAZARI CEPNIS Cover Image

TRABZON-ŞALPAZARI ÇEPNİLERİ İLE ÇUVAŞ TÜRKLERİNİN DOĞUM SONRASI ETRAFINDAKİ İNANIŞ VE UYGULAMALARI ÜZERİNE BİR KARŞILAŞTIRMA DENEMESİ
AN ANALOGY ESSAY ON THE PRACTICES AND BELIEFS OF AFTERBIRTH AMONG CUVAŞ TURKS AND TRABZON ŞALPAZARI CEPNIS

Author(s): Mustafa Aça
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Kültür Ajans Tanıtım ve Organizasyon
Keywords: Trabzon; Şalpazarı; Çepni; Çuvaş Turks; Birth; Magic

Summary/Abstract: Being able to put the sociological changes of societies clearly will be able to possible by introducing the changes on belief and attitude of mind of the people belong to this society. Especially being discovered and evaluated of the reflex actions which have been enhanced against to different factor by the societies that belong to the same history but live in different geographical areas will be the central pillar of the studies on this subject. In this study some rigid belief and ceremonial applications in postpartum of Cuvaş Turks and Chepni's form Trabozn-Şalpazarı who were tried to christianize after the 16th centruy by assimilation policies applicated by Russians but their old belief systems in all seriusnes will be studied comparatively, the similar and different aspects between the belief in postpartum and applicatons of two Turkish societies from the south and north regions of the Black Sea.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 21-34
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish