Kahramanmaraş Children’s Evil Eye Aba

Volume: 9 Number: 17 December 1, 2016
Songül Songül , Zeynep Kırkıncıoğlu
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Kahramanmaraş Children’s Evil Eye Aba

Abstract

Abstract: In the societies that develop according to belief system, symbolic expressions reflect socially accepted common values rather than intimateness. Symbols represent common feature, beliefs and traditions of people living together and they ensure a society to be different from another. Symbols that are built on the common cycles of humanity such as life, birth, reproduction, protection etc. had firstly been on the walls of caves and in mythologies; then they were used in weavings with the development of weaving and ornamenting techniques. People have attributed various meanings to the patterns they used on weaving products about birth, reproduction, abundance, nutrition, death and protection. The most significant patterns about protection are evil eye, amulets. One of the important beliefs in Anatolia is the belief of evil eye. Evil eye means “look” in Arabic which is used in the same meaning in Turkish. Goal of the report is; to give information about the issue of evil eye that is significant in Turkish culture and to evaluate patterns and embellishments about evil eye and protection on Kahramanmaraş children aba by analyzing them with photographs and drawings. In the research, in which descriptive method was used, beliefs about protecting from evil eye according to Anatolian traditions and customs were mentioned. Evil eye protection patterns on Kahramanmaraş children aba that includes traditional elements, ornaments that are made of various materials and objects are interpreted and suggestions are made in the research.

Keywords

Kahramanmaraş, evil eye, protection, pattern, aba

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APA
Songül, S., & Kırkıncıoğlu, Z. (2016). KAHRAMANMARAŞ ÇOCUK ABALARINDA NAZARLIK. Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi, 9(17), 133-148. https://izlik.org/JA49WU58EA