Şafii Kürt topluluklarda kutsal mekân inanmalarına dair güncel bir bakış: “Beğendik/Bêdar örneği” (Siirt - Pervari)

Abstract

The concept of Folk Islam is categorized under two notions as “Sunni Folk Islam” and “Heterodox Folk Islam” which mainly emphasizes the divergence from the Koran based Islam. In that sense, it is seen that the beliefs pertinent to Heterodox Folk Islam has been understood as a form of progressive multiple belief system that has been shaped both under the influence of the Islamic features and other diverse belief systems. As for the communities in which the beliefs prevalently attributed to Folk Islam category in Turkey both side of the discussion mainly indicates the same group, Alevis, which is seen as out of the mainstream Islamic beliefs. In this paper, handling Kurdish communities of Shafii cult which is known as the strictest sect, as certain sample case it is aimed at depicting the deepness of the heterodoxy of the beliefs and rituals that leads to the dichotomy of “Sunni Folk Islam-“Heterodox Folk Islam” so as to even negate the existence of such a dichotomy. In this paper, with reference to the findings of anthropological study carried out at the locality of Begendik/Bedar town of Pervari district of Siirt province during the dates February-June 2010, distinctiveness of the sanctuaries of Shafii Kurdish Communities in comparison to other communities that have the similar beliefs and rituals will be discussed.