Well, I got pretty sick recently but now I'm all better so worry not.
Mark requested more cultural comparisons... well here I shall provide an example of Turkish culture and I won't really compare it with American culture except to say that they're really freakin different. You can make your own insighful comparative analysis, okay? :)
So I was home all day on Saturday, still recovering from an awful stomach malady of unknown origin. From my kitchen I could hear music:
Okay. I realize it's sideways so just use your little imaginations and I won't have to fix it.
I decided to investigate. I witnessed this little celebration right in front of my apartment building:
I still don't know exactly what they're celebrating. But this type of group folk dance takes place at every Turkish celebration that I've been to. I particularly like the older man who near the end kind of breaks off and starts getting really fanciful with his dance moves. Also take note that this is occuring in the middle of the street, and the cars just have to go around and that's that. Turks, they love their song and dance.
Monday, August 6, 2007
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It is probably a ceremony before wedding or before the girl gets out of the family house. Turks do that when a girl is going to marry. before marriage ceremony there are lots of ceremonies. one of them is when the girl gets out of her house or when girls properties(I mean the stuff that girl made for her house) It could be very different from the USA style but our culture is like that. moreover you should be lucky to see that kind of ceremony cause it is not as usual as it is in the past. cultural differences....
I like the way that one dude swirls that hanky around in such an expressive manner as well.
I can only think that if one saw such an event occur in the middle of the street in the US, that the police would probably show up shortly thereafter with some tear gas and rubber bullets . . .
This practice has been extensively documented. See umuyuzsunuzmuyuzsi, et al.
I just returned from a summer in Alanya - did you study at the McGhee Center while you were there?
looks like a wedding to me
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