AZERBAYCAN’IN NAHÇIVAN BÖLGESİNDE YAĞMURLA İLGİLİ İNANIŞLAR VE YAĞMUR ÇAĞIRMA MERASİMLERİ [BELIEFS ABOUT RAIN IN NAKHCHIVAN REGION OF AZERBAIJAN and CEREMONIES OF RAIN CALLING]

• Main Author: Türkan ARIK
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University 2018-03-01
• Series: Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi
• Subjects: Nakhichevan; Turkish culture; rain calling; abundance; rain water
• Online Access: http://www.hbvdergisi.gazi.edu.tr/index.php/TKHBVD/article/view/2224/1633

This article investigates the subject of prayer for rain ceremonies among the Azerbaijani Turks, especially in the Nakhchivan region. The ceremony of prayer for rain is organized to end the drought and call the rain, which is the source of abundance. The main purpose of the article is to describe the process of prayer for rain ceremonies and to indicate the performed practices. At the same time, thes article tries to examine the similarities and different aspects of the rain prayer organizations among the Turkish people and to determine whether there are cultural connections between the ceremonies. It was aimed to base the research on the information gathered from the main sources. This article emphasizes the holiness of the rainwater in the Nakhchivan region and provides insights about the prayer for rain ceremonies faded into oblivion these days. This study revealed that the prayer for rain ceremonies have existed since ancient times and these ceremonies contain millennial belief hidden inside that could reach the present day. Moreover, the prayer for rain ceremonies held among the Turkish people has been organized for the the same purposes, and these beliefs and practices were transferred to the different geographical positions when immigration and displacement were carried out.