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NATIONALNATIONALFESTIVALS INFESTIVALS IN
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NATIONALNATIONALFESTIVALS INFESTIVALS IN
TURKEYTURKEYTURKEYTURKEY
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FEATURES OF FESTIVALS.There are national, religious and seasonal festivals in Turkey.
. National and relious festivals are also official holidays.
.All the festivals are celebrated enthusiastically by Turkish people.people.
. Special days make relations stronger.
FEATURES OF FESTIVALS.There are national, religious and seasonal festivals in Turkey.
. National and relious festivals are also official holidays.
.All the festivals are celebrated enthusiastically by Turkish
. Special days make relations stronger.
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NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & CHILDREN’S DAY
( 23rd APRIL)
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & CHILDREN’S DAY
( 23rd APRIL)
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NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY &
CHILDREN’S
SOVEREIGNTY
CHILDREN’S DAY23rd April is one of the most unique festivals in the world as it was dedicated only to children by Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK ,the great Turkish Leader and the founder of Leader and the founder of Turkish Republic. Also, Turkish Grand National Assembly was opened on this day.
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The Festival intends to contribute creation of a world where children can live peacefully by developing sentiments of fraternity, love and fraternity, love and friendship.
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CELEBRATIONS
• There are political celebrations all over Turkey, especially in Ankara, the capital city. Turkey, especially in Ankara, the capital city. Children take seats in the Turkish Parliament and symbolically govern the country for one day.
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In other cities there are celebrations prepared by children at stadıums. They perform shows and perform shows and dances. Also there are parades.
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SYMBOLS
A circle or globe symbolizing the WORLD. A group of children holding hands symbolizing . Turkish flag symbolizing TURKISH STATEHOOD
the WORLD.. A group of children holding hands symbolizing UNITY.
TURKISH STATEHOOD.
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THE RAMADAN FESTIVAL
(The Sugar
THE RAMADAN FESTIVAL
Sugar Feast)
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THE RAMADAN FESTIVAL(
This festival is a religious festival and it comes after a month of fasting. The dates of religious festivals are changable as they are changable as they are calculated according to the lunar calender. Therefore this festival is celebrated 10 days earlier each year than the year before.
THE RAMADAN FESTIVAL(The Sugar Feast)
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CELEBRATIONS
• During Ramadan people come together, celebrate this holly month and entertain eachother.
• The Ramadan Feast in Turkey is a time for visiting relatives and paying one’s respect to older paying one’s respect to older people. Turkish give away sweets and desserts during the festival, and children may watch free Turkish shadow plays, Karagöz and Hacivat
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• Celebrations last three days.
• People wake up early on the first day of the Ramadan Feast and they put on their best clothes often bought for this put on their best clothes often bought for this occasion and have a large breakfast that symbolizes the end of the fasting.
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People pay charity (Sadaqat-ul-fitr), to the poor and the needy. Afterwards, the men perform the Bayram prayer in their neighborhood mosques. The rest of the three days people visit three days people visit relatives and friends, and may also go to the graveyards to pay their respect to the deceased.
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During the Sugar Feast the younger visit the elderly. Kissing the right hand of the elderly and placing it on the forehead is a custom to show respect and greet them for the bayram. Also people visit their neighbours.They greet their neighbours.They greet each other by saying Bayramınız Kutlu/Mübarek Olsun, meaning “May Your Feast Be Blessed”.
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The other activity is the tradition of children going around in their neighborhood, from door to door and wishing people a happy bayram. As a reward, happy bayram. As a reward, they receive candies, chocolates, or even a small amount of money.
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SYMBOLS OF RAMADAN• A new moon, beginning
of the Ramadan
• Sweets or traditional desserts.
• A cup of Turkish coffee
. Paying visits for respect
and unity.
SYMBOLS OF RAMADAN
Sweets or traditional desserts.
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HIDIRELLEZ(5-6 MAY)
HIDIRELLEZ6 MAY)
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HIDIRELLEZ
It’s a kind of spring festival that is celebrated as the day on which Saints Hızır (Al-Khidr) and Ilyas (Elijah)met on the earth.met on the earth.It is celebrated in Turkey and throughout the Turkic world on 5-6 May.
HIDIRELLEZ
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The day Hıdırellez symbolizes spring and rebirth of nature.It is also thought that Saint Hızır and Ilyas meet on earth and bring the days full of hope, health, happiness and hope, health, happiness and success.Hızır is believed that he helps the ones who are in difficulty and making wishes come true.
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CELEBRATIONSAt night of the 5th May, people write their wishes on a piece of paper and tie them or ribbons on a wish tree.
Also people draw their wishes Also people draw their wishes with stones under a rose tree. They believe Hızır will see them and make their wishes come true.
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During the day people organize picnics, come together and cook traditional dishes with fun. In the evening they set a big fire and jump over it. It is believed that all illnesses or believed that all illnesses or diseases are warded off all the year long.
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SYMBOLS
. Rose tree
. Ribbons or wish papers.
. A big fire.
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LOVE FROM TURKEY