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THE BLİEFS AND PRACTICES RELATED TO DEATH IN UYGHUR TURKS
Abstract
As it is known, death is a phenomenon that provides a person’s passage from the
physical world to the metaphysical one. After people dies, they continue to live as a spirit in
the metaphysical world. In order to provide a comfortable passage for the dead person to the
other world and to make him/her to live there in peace, they have to be sent off and buried in
accordance with customs, practices and religious rules. In this context, great importance is
placed on the determination of customs and practices concerning death and examination of its
systematic.
We are able to observe the background of practices, belief and customs related to death,
dead and spirit in Turkic people from Chinese sources and the Orkun Writings. Among ancient
Turks, death is occurred when spirit leaves from the body. At the moment of death, the spirit
flies away and departs in manner of a bird. Dead person is buried by a funeral ceremony.
Mourners lament and cry. Food is given on behalf of the dead person. Today, this basic pattern
has not changed very much. However, certain formal alterations have taken place resulting
from the effects of different religions and cultures..
Uyghurs are one of the Turkic tribes who have changed their religious practices most
frequently from past till present..Therefore, the characteristics of a multilayer syncretism can
be observed in Uyghur culture.
These characteristics can be clearly observed also in the customs and practices of the
Uyghur Turks that are formed around the phenomenon of death. On one hand these customs
and practices show similarities with the customs and practices that are generally observed
among the other Turkic tribes, on the other hand they also have a few characteristics that are
particular and unique to them. It is possible to observe these general and special incidences in
practices like the following: wailing and lamentingloudly for the dead person, lighting of fire at
the head of the grave, using of white belts or sahses and white head coverings as a sign of
mourning, mounting of a ram or mountain goat’s horn or attaching a cloth to a grave, making
of a grave into the form of a cradle, giving of memorial food under the names ‘three offering,’
‘yette offering, ‘forty offering,’ and ‘year offering,’ using scenting oil, and reading Kur’an and
praying on behalf of the dead person. This article is about the general and specific situations of
customs and practices concerning death, the dead, and the spirit are formed among the Uyghur
Turks.
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Publication Date
December 1, 2013
Submission Date
December 1, 2013
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2013 Number: 2
APA
Öger, A., & İnayet, A. (2013). UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2, 49-64. https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF
AMA
1.Öger A, İnayet A. UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2013;(2):49-64. https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF
Chicago
Öger, Adem, and Alimcan İnayet. 2013. “UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER”. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 2: 49-64. https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF.
EndNote
Öger A, İnayet A (December 1, 2013) UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 49–64.
IEEE
[1]A. Öger and A. İnayet, “UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER”, Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 2, pp. 49–64, Dec. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF
ISNAD
Öger, Adem - İnayet, Alimcan. “UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER”. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2 (December 1, 2013): 49-64. https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF.
JAMA
1.Öger A, İnayet A. UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2013;:49–64.
MLA
Öger, Adem, and Alimcan İnayet. “UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER”. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 2, Dec. 2013, pp. 49-64, https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF.
Vancouver
1.Adem Öger, Alimcan İnayet. UYGUR TÜRKLERİNDE ÖLÜM İLE İLGİLİ İNANIŞ VE ADETLER. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi [Internet]. 2013 Dec. 1;(2):49-64. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA56FJ63JF