Abundant welcoming tradition to the New Year "Kalandar Night"

According to the informal calendar known as the Rumi calendar in Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea geography, a New Year celebration is traditionally held on January 13th every year under the name "Kalandar". The Kalandar celebration, which has been ongoing for centuries in relation to nature on one side and ancient folk beliefs and culture on the other, contains important emphasis on people's expectations for happiness, well-being, abundance and culture when entering a new year. In the night of Kalandar, the young people exhibit funny figures by playing horons accompanied by kemence with different, funny looking costumes. Bag and bell are tied to the ends of long wands, sheep and similar animals' skins are worn and walking around. On this night, the children start wandering around the houses. After putting the bags in their hands on the door of the houses and pressing the bell, they wait for the gifts that the householders will put into the bag and at this time they say some poems.
Within the scope of this project, we are looking for project partners who have similar cultural values with the theme of fun, sharing and abundance and want to promote these values.

Project Coordinator: Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
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