Rain Prayer in Turkish Culture (The Case of Azatlı Town )

Year 2007, Volume: 9 Issue: 27, 275 - 284, 01.06.2007

Bayram Polat

Abstract

“Prayer for Rain” has been a practice in almost all Turkish communities by now. It is well known and recognized that there are a common denominations among varies applications for this prayer among distinct Turkish communities. So it is a common phenomenon among these societies. Its various applications have been subject matters of different studies. In our study we carried out it as a case study in Azatlı town, Niğde, in which the original form of prayer for rain has been kept

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Turkish Culture, Turkish Folk Beliefs, Payer for Rain, ‘Yada” Stone, Niğde (Azatlı)

Türk Kültüründe Yağmur Duası (Azatlı Kasabası Örneği)

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