Assist. Prof. Dr. Filiz Nurhan ÖLMEZ
Şirin GÖKMEN
Abstract: Traditional practices behind the tombs that one of the important research subjects of folklore are fundamentally investigated under the topic of public beliefs. Tombs are used as places that peoples look for ways for their sickness or peoples express their wishes and desires in the frame of powers believed to existent of persons lying down in their graves. One part of traditional practices behind of the tombs includes several desires of peoples, for example to find a job, to open his-her destiny, to want a child, to buy a car or a house, to look for a cure to his-her sickness etc. In this article, it was aimed to investigate to tombs toward folklore in Isparta Province , to determine exact locations of tombs, and knowledge about persons lying down in graves, to designate legend and stories about tombs, to determine goals of visitors coming to tombs, and to study traditional practices of tomb visitors about their wishes. For this aim, studied tombs in Isparta Province were as follows; Aldan Dede (Alaeddin Efendi), Andı k Dede ve Perforated Stone (Andık Deresi), Arap Beşir Dede (Hacı Beşir), Ayırt Dede, Beş kazalı Osman Zühtü Efendi, Gök Veli Sultan-Şeyh Recep (Ayak Dedesi), Hace'i Sultani / Abdulkadir Geylani, Halife Sultan, Hızır Abdal Sultan (Hızır Dede), Hüseyin Baş Dede.
Key Words : Folklore public beliets, Tomb, vow, votive, Isparta
 
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