ARTVİN YÖRESİ ÇOCUK OYUNLARINDA TÜRK, GÜRCÜ, LAZ VE HEMŞİN HALKLARININ KÜLTÜR BİRLİĞİ
CULTURAL UNITY OF TURKISH, GEORGIAN, LAZ AND HEMSHIN COMMUNITIES IN CHILDREN GAMES IN ARTVIN REGION

Summary/Abstract: Artvin which is located in the east of the Eastern Black Sea region is one of our provinces having its unique rich culture due to its historical and geographical structure. Turkish, Georgian, Laz and Hemshin communities have lived together in our city hosted various cultures until today. This cultural interaction and unity have brought traces of the past of the region till present. The cultural unity of the people living here has been observed in the games of children in the region. The aim of the study is to compile the children games in the minds of the public living in some villages of Artvin and its districts and to examine and evaluate the cultural unity in these games and the cultural interaction in terms of transferring to each other by providing information regarding the names of the games and how to plat them. When these complied games have been examined, it is possible to see that some of these games are still played by interacting with the culture. This cultural unity and interaction can be observed either in the name of the game, in the way of playing or in the material of the game. It was found that the game has been exposed to cultural interaction according to the languages spoken in the villages such as Turkish, Georgian, Lazian and Hemshinian. Such cultural unity and interactions have also been discussed in the study.

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