Death Rituals of the Hamadan (Iranian) Turks = Похоронные обряды тюрков Хамадана (Иран)

Faruk GÜN

Death is one of the most important transitional periods in human life apart from birth and marriage. Among the Hamadan Turks, rituals related to death are actively carried on. The study covers the ideas about the death and the customs of the Turks of this region. The research is aimed at revealing beliefs and customs of the region's cultural life and passing them on to future generations. It has been determined that the traditional ceremonies about death in Hamadan have survived to the present days not with a pure Islamic understanding, but with a combination of ancient Turkic traditions. Наря ...Более