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Long Donkey (Uzun Essek) Traditional Turkish Game

Aug 20th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Cultural Behaviour, Editor's Choice, Entertainment, Featured Articles, Interesting Photos, Interesting Videos, Other

Well you can wonder what these boys are doing in such position. Don’t have evil ideas instantly Actually it is an entertaining traditional Turkish game played in two teams. There are donkey team and jumpers team. Jumpers try to crash the donkey line by jumping on them. If they become successful they get the [...]

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One Photo - One History

Aug 20th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Cultural Behaviour, Interesting Photos, Other

There is an old but funny tradition in Manisa Sarigol in Turkey which was kept for centuries called “Kepce Gelin”.
Children visit homes by saying songs and making sounds with the aluminum boxes and other strange stuff. The houseowners make them wet by water hoses. It is accepted as a type of Rain Prayer and blessings [...]

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