Çandır folklore

In this study, a compilation about transitional stages such as birth, marriage and death in Yozgat's Çandır district, folk cuisine and food, beverages and kitchen utensils, anonymous folk products such as mani, folk song, lullaby, riddle, joke, mountain plants, folk medicine and the tradition of hearth. Has been made. In addition to the verbal compilation, visuals supporting the compiled information have been added. While the template of this thesis was being created, Prof. Dr. Help was taken from the book "Balıkesir Intangible Cultural Heritage Field Research" by Ali Duymaz. In the first part, the narrative genres compiled from oral tradition, such as mani, lullaby, lament and folk song, are presented. Care has been taken to transfer oral culture products by adhering to the working rules. By compiling and writing down these accumulations, it is aimed to preserve and maintain their existence. Oral cultural products are genres that are improvised and spontaneously spoken. They are generally products that reflect current emotions and are meticulous in shape. Preserving the existence of these products and transmitting them is important for permanence. In the second part, it is generally in the prose genre and is told to make work more fun on long winter nights. Among these narrative genres, there are also Hızır narratives and memorates that are conveyed based on faith. Other products are fairy tales, legends, jokes, proverbs and idioms. While transferring all these products, an effort has been made to convey them both by compiling them through resource persons and by synthesizing information from the necessary sources. In the third part, in order to make the collective practices more entertaining, disguise, shows and the clothing tradition that attracts attention during these shows have been tried to be conveyed. In the fourth part, rituals about celebrations, ceremonies and holidays are compiled. Holidays, ceremonies and celebrations are institutions that integrate society and keep it alive. In this section, religious and national holidays, as well as prayers for rain, ram ceremony, seasonal celebrations have been tried to be explained by interviewing the source people. At the end of this section, an attempt is made to introduce children's games that have survived to the present day and were played more frequently in the period when technology did not invade homes and did not alienate individuals from each other. These games are actually one of the warming elements that lay the foundation of social integrity and unity. In the fifth part, he conveys the folk beliefs that direct the society sociologically, psychologically and culturally. There are taboos that must be followed to protect from evil spirits and to have a healthier, more fruitful and positive life. These have become the unwritten rules of society. These rules are stereotyped and adopted. These forms of protection, based on fear, have survived from past to present. Although there are no rules or obligations in performing them, people continue the rituals meticulously, benefiting from past experiences and patterns with the instinct of protection. These rituals, which are continued during transitional stages such as birth, marriage and death, were compiled from resource persons. Traditions, customs and knowledge related to the district culture have been tried to be conveyed. Folk cuisine foods, drinks, winter preparations and kitchen utensils are introduced and an attempt is made to explain where they are used. In the sixth part, information was given about folk medicine, which constituted traditional medicine in the period when modern medicine was not developed, and an attempt was made to convey the tradition of the hearth, the evil eye and the evil eye, which are related to folk medicine. It has been tried to explain how the Ocaklık tradition was formed, the beliefs, and in what situations it was used. In this section, an attempt has been made to introduce mountain plants by giving information about them. Mountain plants are important in folk medicine. An attempt was made to convey the information by interviewing the source people, and images of a few plants were included in the study. In the seventh part, handicrafts made according to the possibilities are tried to be explained. Handmade products were used and evaluated in daily life. In the eighth part, general information about Çandır, economy, population, agriculture and animal husbandry are given. In this section, information about the history of the district and its villages has been tried to be elucidated with the help of compilation method and written sources. Information about the economy of the district and the factors affecting the economy, climate, population, agriculture and animal husbandry are given. In the ninth part, local words are given with their meanings. The tenth section contains technical information such as the scope and limits of the research and the method used. The eleventh part contains the conclusion, which mentions all the materials obtained. The importance of this information in terms of culture and the introduction of Çandır district in this cultural context are explained. Culture maintains its existence by being transferred from past to present. The geographical features, social structure and history of a region are effective in the formation of the culture of a region. Considering these effects, Çandır's cultural structure Its similarity with Anatolian Turkish Culture has been observed. All of the cultural rituals that survive today and are forgotten, with all their changes and differences, constitute Yozgat Çandır folklore. The materials compiled in the twelfth part are supported by visuals. Key Words: Çandır, Transitional Phases, Expressive Genres, Expressive Genres, Illocutionary Genres, Local Dialect, Folk Cuisine, Handicrafts