Abstract (EN)
The aim of the study is to evaluate the local community?s point of view to tomb belief and common practices around the tombs of the province. Study includes two sections. In the first section, information about fifty eight tombs of Çankırı are gathered from the explanations of the reference local people and the written sources. No comment has been added to this information. In the light of the collected information, ?folk medicine? practices in the Çankırı tombs and ?rain prayer? rituals are discussed in the second section. Although the beliefs and practices compiled in the study are related to religion, their truthfulness is left to theology. In accordance with the general principles of the folk science, mentioned beliefs are not evaluated as superstitions.
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Dr. Bengisu Kolcu
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Bengisu Kolcu (Master Thesis). The tombs of Çankırı, 2007, Gazi University.
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