İkram KALKAN/Edirne Mimar Sinan Secondary School
CULTURAL IMAGES
OF OUR CITY EDIRNE
Edirne has a
rich inventory for Cultural Heritage.Historical Kırkpınar Oil
Wrestling,Hıdrellez Festival,Bocuk Night Celebrations, Martenitsa,Edirne Tiles,broom
with a mirror,fruit soap and cloth doll and Edirnekari art are our cultural
heritage.
As the most ancient sports organizations of the world,the Kırkpınar tops the list as a
faithful guardian of the traditional and
cultural values of our city and country with its 7 century long history.
Hıdrellez is
another celebration day on which the Prophets Al-Khidr and Elijah met on earth
according to belief of Turks.Also the arrival of spring is celebrated.Hıdrellez
starts on May 5 night and falls on May 6.People pray on this day whatever their wishes are. They make symbols with
stone or draw their wishes.The other ritual of Hıdrellez is The Kakava
Festivals organized every year in Edirne
start with Kakava fire sets on May 6. Lots of people attend the rituel and they
jump over the fire and they throw their votive candles in the river.
For Bocuk Night celebration, people wear white costumes and cover themselves with a
white cloth,paint their faces in scary make up, eat pumpkin,corn, cauliflower to celebrate being together with different
communities and have fun.
Martenitsa ,red and white bracelet,is a small
piece of adornment,made of white and red yarn and worn from March 1 until the
appearance of first blooming tree or the first stork. The tradition is that
when a person who wears martenitsa see blooming tree to tie it on a branch.
Edirne was
one of the important centers of tile art in Ottoman Empire.These arts survive
as giftware today.
Mirror
decorated brom symbolizing chastity and versatility of maiden and put into
their hope box in order to bring sake,is an important piece of Edirne
culture.Mirror is the symbol of the beauty and delicasy of young women.
With a
history extending to Edirne Palace,the fruit soap art continues to be produced
in Edirne as an example of traditional crafts.Soaps given the fruit shape are
painted and used for decorative purposes.
Cloth doll is one of the ha n eyes and traditional dresses special to Edirne are produced as giftware.
Edirne makes contribution to our future, while it lights our past. ndcraft in Edirne.Dolls symbolize cheerful Thrace people with their smiling faces,bright green eyes and traditional dresses special to Edirne are produced as giftware.
Applied by craftsmen in Edirne for the first time,thus named as ‘Edirnekari’is a decorative art used on the interior decoration of architecture works as well as applied on the surface of wooden,cardboard,and the leather goods.This art with a 600 years of history is applied to many wooden objects today.
Edirne makes contribution to our future, while it lights our past.
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