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EPISTÉMÈ Vol.29 pp.285-298
Nowruz Tradition in Kyrgyz Culture
Sibel Barcın1†
1 Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas Unıversity, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Key Words : Nowruz,language,and culture,Turkish for Kyrgyz,written expression

Abstract

Nowruz, which is widely celebrated in Turkish communities on March 21 every year, is considered as the beginning of the new year and spring in ancient calendars. The aim of this study in this context is to give information about how the Nowruz tradition is kept alive in Kyrgyz culture. The study group consists of 29 B1-level students who are learning Turkish at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University in Kyrgyzstan. It is important to communicate with the target audience based on cultural similarities and traditions in teaching Turkish. In this direction, the data in the study were obtained by having students write about Nowruz and were examined by content analysis. Within the scope of the data obtained, it was determined that various games are played on Nowruz, national dishes are prepared, juniper is burned to ward off evil, “sümölök”, which is unique to Nowruz, is cooked, and people visit each other. As a result of the research, based on the student sentences, it was determined that Nowruz brings people together sociologically and that the sense of unity and social solidarity among the people is maintained by cooking “sümölök”.
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