Folk Beliefs from the Perspective of Phenomenology of Religion: The Sample of Sarıveliler

İbrahim Hakkı Kaynak

doi:10.54497/neugastro.2024.2

İbrahim Hakkı Kaynak, Sinan USLU

Year : 2024
Vol : 3
No : 1
Page : 15-28

DOI : 10.54497/neugastro.2024.2

Human beings have created a culture of beliefs in terms of the continuation of life by expressing the belief in holiness brought by creation, the beings they consider sacred in the oral tradition and transferring them from generation to generation through myths, and expressing the beliefs that are the basic elements of culture, sometimes with symbols and sometimes with rituals. With the new understandings brought about by modernization, the traditional religious understanding of society has evolved into a more rational understanding of religion, bringing religious life to the brink of extinction. As societies evolve from traditional to modern structures, these beliefs have weakened or lost their social meaning. Within this context, the central aim of this study is to shed light on a theoretical framework by considering the history, geographical structure and folk culture of Sarıveliler district from the perspective of Phenomenology of Religion. In essence, this study seeks to illuminate the traditional belief system of the Sarıveliler, taking into account the geographical and historical structure of the region. Sarıveliler, which gained district status on May 27, 1990 with Law No. 3644, has eighteen neighborhoods, seven villages and one town, and the proximity of these settlements to each other draws attention. In terms of its geographical location, Sarıveliler community emerged amidst the rugged foothills of the Taurus Mountains in a region with an average altitude between 1500 and 1650 meters. In this research endeavor, we aim to unravel the folk beliefs and cultural practices of the district from the perspective of Phenomenology of Religion, traditional rituals, ceremonies, prayers and myths in the region are discussed. It also focuses on how local people perceive and express the relationship between nature and spirituality. In this context, it focuses on the belief systems and customs of the local population of the people in the region to understand how the religious and cultural heritage of Sarıveliler was shaped and how it is kept alive today. In this way, the religious and cultural diversity of the district is understood and an in-depth look at the cultural identity of the region is presented. The main purpose of the study is to record the forgotten folk beliefs of Sarıveliler.

Cite this Article As : Kaynak, İ. H., & Uslu, S. (2024). Din fenomenolojisi perspektifinden halk inançları: Sarıveliler örneği. NEÜGastro, 3(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.54497/neugastro.2024.2

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Folk Beliefs from the Perspective of Phenomenology of Religion: The Sample of Sarıveliler, Research Article,
2024, Vol. 3 (1)

Received : 09.05.2024, Accepted : 30.05.2024 , Published Online : 30.06.2024