Abstract:

The cultural form, which is old and quickly accumulated, is rich in a variety of organizations and functions of all world societies. Although they are different from each other, festivals have certain characteristic determinants. They occur at intervals of calendar order, are national, a complex situation that the public participates in, and all this adds to the sound, image, and purpose. Sheep Jump and Shepherd Day from the River, in the inventory of intangible cultural heritage, it is considered a celebration that takes place in the "Shepherd Holidays: Sheep Addition, Saya, Procreation, Wool-Sheep Floating" group within the scope of "Social practices, rituals and feasts", to transfer the traditions from generation to generation. This ritual, which is done for the purpose of abundance and fertility in many regions of Anatolia, is known as a holiday that has been celebrated for centuries in the village of Aşağıseyit, located in the Çal district of Denizli. The primary goal of the research under consideration was to investigate the traditional functioning of the Shepherd's Feast in Aşağıseyit Village and its functions in the context of folk culture. In this regard, interviews were made with local people and written documents on the festival celebrations were scanned. Interviews were conducted with shepherds, jigglers, and an arbitral tribunal, representing tradition; An interview was also held with clergy of the period under his patronage. The data was collected under the titles of time, place, and entertainment. In this study, traditional folklore elements carried out during competition will be researched, the Denizli branch of the Shepherd's Feast, which is included in the Turkish cultural inventory, will be introduced in the context of the transfer of cultural knowledge to future generations.

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