Bulgaristan Türklerinin Mani Söyleme Geleneği

• Published in: Karadenīz araştırmaları Vol. 13; no. 51; pp. 37 - 49
• Main Authors: Zengin, Hilal, Sütçü, Çiğdem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Turkish
• Published: Centre for Black Sea Studies 2016; Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
• Subjects: Culture and social structure; Customs / Folklore; Studies of Literature; Turkish Literature; external structure; internal structure; mani; Bulgarian Turks; Düzce; culture
• ISSN: 1304-6918
• DOI: 10.12787/KARAM1059

Mâni is one of the most popular of all forms of Turkish Folk literature appears to be an ongoing tradition both among Turks living in Turkey and the Turkish communities outside Turkey. Mânis, which are transmitted from generation to generation via language, can be regarded as cultural heritage since they are elements of national memory that express the community’s reservoir of sense and emotions in the simplest form. This study focuses on the tradition of mâni narration among the Bulgarian Turks living in Yeni Taşköprü, Hasanağa hand Selamlar villages located in the province of Düzce, Turkey. In this qualitative research design, the data was collected with survey forms through group or individual interviews, responses were recorded on a sound recorder and acamera, the decrypted data was analysed and mânis, which are subject to this compilation in the study, were classified and assessed in terms of their frequency and percentages according to external structural characteristics and the inside structural characteristics (prosody, number of lines,rhyme pattern,topic).