PARMAK UÇLARINDAKİ KÜLTÜREL HAZİNE: TESPİH
CULTURAL TREASURE OF THE FINGER TIPS: BEAD

Summary/Abstract: Bead, which is a prayer object and its history basing on the first periods of humanity, has been an object used and known before Islam, by supporters of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Bead was used only by reverends until Islam, but with Islam it has been common and an important tool to serve Muslims ’ religious duties. With the recognition and acceptance of Islam by Turks, bead has passed to Turks and has experienced its golden age in Turkish culture. It has not been only an invocation tool among Turks but it also has taken a place in Turkish Handicrafts. Bead, which has always taken a place as an important cultural heritage element transmitted in prays from mouth to mouth and to 145ner selves through ages, has an identity to be a significant milestone as a prayer tool and cultural pattern in Turk-Islam civilization. In this study, which is prepared with this approach, it has been tried to determine the place and importance of bead that has an artistic value reshaped in our civilization, a long- standing background in Turkish folk culture.

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