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Hıdırellez is a celebration that marks the arrival of spring. It is observed throughout Central Asia and the Turkic world as well as in Turkey on the eve of May 5 This Friday, Turkey, and countries in Central Asia and the Balkans, will be celebrating Hıdırellez, a holiday to usher in the spring and harvest and thus, abundance. The history of this celebration spans back to the belief that one day a year the Prophets Hızır (Al-Khidr), associated with spring, rebirth and granting wishes, and Ilyas (Elijah), who is believed to bring rain, meet on the earth creating an envelope of time, over the eve of May 5 to May 6 in which the wishes of those deserving may be granted. https://www.antalyaestate.net/luxury-Apartment-with-Installment-for-Sale-in-Alanya-7325.html Turkey's most colorful holiday, Hıdırellez is filled with rituals, traditions and celebrations of such uniqueness that it is also a candidate for UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage. Just some of those...

at a time of rising interest in Turkic and Ottoman history, an Istanbul festival seeks to revive a number of ancient and cherished sports, games and traditions. Ethnosports Culture Festival the brainchild of the World Ethnosports Confederation led by Bilal Erdoğan, an archery enthusiast and son of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan taps into a renewed passion for history among younger generations. The four-day festival is scheduled to start on May 11 in Istanbul's Yenikapı Square, a vast space befitting the occasion since it also hosted the large crowd that convened after the July 15 coup attempt in 2016 in a sign of unity against the putschists. Here are some of the games that will be featured at the festival: Gökbörü Gökbörü, or kökbörü, is a traditional equestrian sport of Central Asia. Traditionally, the game was played during wedding ceremonies and local festivals, and has managed to survive under the name "catching the prize" in certain regions of Anatolia. ...