The formation process of the family concept, which constitutes the smallest building block of society, is formed by various customs and traditions along with regional differences in Turkish society as it is in all societies. One of them is the concept of dowry, which defines all kinds of things prepared for brides. Dowry tradition among intangible cultural heritage, from place to place is one that differs from period to period. In this study, a dowry tradition made in the 1950s in the province of Çavdarhisar, Kütahya province; embroidered bridal ceilings have been examined. The rooms, which are described as the head room with detailed craftsmanship in the traditional Turkish house, are referred to as the bride’s room in the region. The bride’s rooms are prepared by wooden crafsmanship a while after the construction of the building takes place, when the son of the owner of building is to be married. These wooden ornaments are made as a dowry for the bride. The embroidered ceilings are striking in the region as a ‘tekne’ ceiling or a ‘bindirme’ ceiling. In the scope of the study, the four embroidered bridal room ceiling which has reached to the story of verbal sources and has undergone the examination is considered as a sample because the area has many buildings and some of them are abandoned and some of them are in ruins. In three buildings, there is an embroidered ceiling, and in one building there are two embroidered ceiling. Three of these ceilings is a tekne ceiling and two of them are bindirme ceiling. The ceilings with detailed wooden crafstmanship designed to describe the value of the bride in the district are the most important architectural elements decorating the architecture. The abandonment of most buildings in the region and the passage of some of them to ruin cause an old tradition to disappear without being documented. Therefore, before this tradition is completely erased from the collective memory, it is important to document this work. In the conclusion section, various conservation proposals are made according to the structures that are in good condition, requiring simple repairs and divided into three classes as the structures requiring substantial repairs.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | RESEARCH ARTICLES |
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Publication Date | September 29, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 16 Issue: 123 |
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