DROUGHT OSTRACIZED BY CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT
ÇOCUK EĞLENCESİYLE DEFEDİLEN KURAKLIK

Author : Elif ORAL
Number of pages : 388-401

Abstract

Water is universally important substance. Throughout history, in every religion that people believe in; water always is associated with holiness, also wetlands and water is respected and engaged with social life. The most powerful argument of the importance or water is drought; people who experienced drought, longer than as usual wanted to interfere the situation and applied various technics. Rain prayer is the most common application to get rid of “drought “ . In our country, It can be seen that ritual of rain prayer develops and continues two separate branches as adult and children participants. While adult’s rituals include dramatic plays as well as some mystical rituals children’s rituals aim to only jollification. Children’s ritual is considered much more significant because it is believed that preadolescent children’s prayers are not unheard. In Anatolia, children’s prayer of rain called gode gode, comce gelin and bodi bostan etc.

Keywords

Prayer of rain, çömçe gelin, gode – gode

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