Özet:

There are three important transitional periods in human life: birth, marriage and death. In many parts of Anadolu, it is seen that various practices based on religious, historical and cultural elements are carried out during the transitional periods. These practices are carried out in order to complete the transition-related process in a positive way and to prevent the individual from being negatively affected by this process. The beliefs and practices formed around the transitional periods, despite the rapid change seen in today’s social structure, preserve their existence and are transmitted to the next generations as a cultural element. There are many practices and beliefs related to the transition periods in the village of Haçova, which is also linked to the Malatya, Greenlyurt district. Among them the most attracted is the beliefs and practices about birth. These practices and beliefs, which have different processes, including pre-born, birth order and post-born, are generally based on ancient Turkish beliefs and the interpretation of Islam's Alevi-Bektaşi. It appears that birth-related practices are generally carried out around the villages and surroundings of the visiting places and stores. At the same time, these practices are also significantly similar to historic-cultural elements. The subject of this research is the illustration and analysis of the practices related to childbirth that are being carried out today in the village of Hachova. The article data was obtained by participating observation and deep-interview techniques and was evaluated from the perspective of the history of the religions using the descriptive method. Thus, the aim is to transfer beliefs and practices in Hachova to future generations and to contribute to cultural work.

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