First of all, religious festivals; Ramadan and Feast of the Sacrifice are celebrated ten days earlier than the year before. The main reason why religious festivals are not celebrated on the same days every year is because they are calculated according to the lunar calendar called “Hicri Takvim”, so religious festivals may come to be celebrated in every season. According to Hicri calender, Ramadan is celebrated on the first three days of the tenth of the month Þevval, and the Feast of Sacrifice is celebrated in four days of the tenth of the month Zilhicce. The main characteristics of Ramadan and the Fe

To sum up festivals, ceremonies, merriments, carnivals and revelries are very important part of virgin Turkish culture and the common feature of them is they both enhance cooperative efforts in society, and create a unity of ideas or of actions.

Hidrellez is one of the seasonal festivals of all Turkish the world. Hidrellez Day, which is known as Ruz-i Hizir (day of Hizir), is celebrated on the day which prophets Hizir and Ilyas met with each other on earth. The words Hizir and Ilyas have since standed together pronounced as Hidrellez. Hidrellez Day is on May 6 in the Gregorian calendar. In the folk calender the year is divided into two: the period between May 6 and November 8 was summer, called the “Days of Hidir”, and the period between November 8 and May 6 was winter, called the “Days of Kasim”. May 6 represents the end of winter and the start of the warm days of summer, so it is a cause for celebration. There are various theories about the origin of Hizir and Hidrellez. Some of them claim that Hidrellez belongs to Mesopotamian and Anatolian cultures, and others say that they belong to pre-Islamic Central Asian Turkish culture and beliefs. There is a widespread belief suggests that Hizir is a prophet who has attained immortality by drinking the water of life (ab-i hayat), and who has reached God, and wanders around among people from time to time, especially in the spring, and helps people in difficulty and distributes plenty and health. The identity of Hizir, the place and the time he lives are not certain. Hizir is the symbol of spring, and the new life which emerges with it. In Turkey, where belief in Hizir is widespread, the characteristics attributed to him are as follows: Hizir rushes to the aid of people in difficulty and grants peoples’ wishes, He always helps well-meaning, benevolent people, He brings plenty and wealth wherever he stops…

At the same time, some national and international festivals are assembled in order to support this purpose. Festivals which represent traditional Turkish culture not only aim to increase the spirit of unity in society, but also to present the cultural wealth of the places where these ceremonies are held. Some festivals aim to present a product and which have a strong economic element (the Apricot Festival in Malatya, Carpet Festival in Esme, Cherry Festival in Aksu etc.) and other purposes to present culture alone are more widely common in Anatolia (the International Culture and Art Activities in memory of Hajji Bektashi Veli, Abdal Musa gatherings, Galley Ceremonies etc.). Another important thing in these festivals, which eventually became traditions after long years of contribution to social life, is that they create a suitable atmosphere for people to come together and have fun. For example, the “Savsat sahra Pancari Senligi” which is organized in the Black Sea regio

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