İZMİR MENEMEN BÖLGESİ ÖLÜM ÂDETLERİ
İZMİR MENEMEN REGION DEATH TRADITIONS

Summary/Abstract: Throughout human life, people experience three basic transition periods and complete their life cycle with these transition periods. As a social being, human beings cannot exist in an abstract life from society. Therefore, harmony with social norms gives rise to belief and culture. The individual who performs beliefs and practices sees herself as a part of the whole and transfers these beliefs to the next generations. Although transitional periods such as birth and marriage are beautiful that facilitate the adaptation of the individual, death has the qualities that differ from them. It involves many challenging processes such as the end of life, the anxiety of the unknown, the fulfillment of the last task, alleviating the pain of the rest. . Death, which is the end of the transition period, is extremely important in terms of maintaining the balance of the individual and continuing to live by seeing the reality of death. For this reason, it is perhaps the area where beliefs and practices are most needed between the transition periods. The study aimed to define the beliefs and practices about the end of human life and the beginning of the unknown in Izmir Menemen district and to evaluate these practices. In the study, taking into account the existing literature, the ceremonies and practices related to death were personally attended and observations were made in the regions determined. In addition, the interview method was used to determine various beliefs related to the subject. The study is important in terms of setting an example for the studies in this field with a local research.

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