Nauruz and Hidirellez among Dellorman Alevls

Abstract

For the first stage of the scientific research entitled as "The Traditional Folk Music Culture of the Alevi's Enclaves in Bulgaria", the musical products of religious and secular places of Deliorman region where Prestlavsi, Biserti, Sever, Midrevo, Yablanova villages bounded to Kubrat district of Razgrad's are tried to be determined. The folk culture of Deliorman disappears day by day; therefore some of the practices of Nauruz and Hidtrellez are tend to be forgotten. The study shaped according to the data from the field researches of Deliorman villages is divided into three parts. At this point, Nauruz and Hidirellez come up as the performance context. Through Natmuz and Hithrellez regarded as ritual based, seasonal gathering and entertainment, Bulgaria Alevis of Deliorman region are analyzed. After these two stages of the study, through the data gained from the field researches of the villages, Nauruz, "Mite days and Hidirellez are presented. At the conclusion part, the data from the written sources and field researches are compared with the practices in Anatolia.