NEVRUZ FESTİVAL İN TURKİC PEOPLES AND TURKEY

Abstract

Although mythology, that is, shorthand for unknown times, unusually conveys everyday life with the help of symbols, it cyclically tells about the creation of the world and the apocalypse. The mythology of the steppe peoples also transmits their early times from generation to generation in the form of oral culture. This oral culture is a product of a nomadic lifestyle with livestock farming. Steppe peoples have their unique perception of time and the universe in their mythologies. Nauryz culture also reflects their perception of the universe and time. The purpose of the article is to reveal the content of the Nauryz holiday, personifying spring and fertility, the new year, and the beginning of the year, in the culture of the Turkish people, which is filled with meanings and elements symbolizing spring, the joy of life, water and sacred purification, renewal, abundance, fertility, and awakening of nature. The time of the awakening of nature has been celebrated at various times in agricultural and livestock societies since ancient times. Nauryz is a widely celebrated holiday among the peoples of Eurasia, who devote their lives mainly to animal husbandry. Although the Turkic peoples living throughout Eurasia celebrate Nauryz in different ways and continues to exist as a common value. This study will examine the origins of the Nauryz holiday among the steppe peoples and the Turkic world, as well as its development among the Ottoman Turks and Turkey in the light of some archival documents, as well as research and source studies.