WEDDING CUSTOMS IN DÜVERTEPE VILLAGE, BALIKESİR, THAT ARE SINKING INTO OBLIVION

Abstract

Modern living conditions tend to transform traditional transition processes. With modernization, traditional processes are changing, but this change varies from society to society. The focus of this study is the necessity of protecting traditional values ​​and transferring them to the future and preserving cultural heritage. The phenomenon of establishing a family in Turkish society is built with the cultural dynamics of different regions, and the ritualization of being a family has an important place in folk culture. However, the fact that wedding traditions are at risk of disappearing today has increased the importance of this study. Being a part of the process of transferring tradition to the future is the main purpose of this study.

The research created a conceptual framework with oral transmission sources and literature review describing the wedding traditions and culture of Düvertepe village. Balıkesir province, Sındırgı district, and Düvertepe Village were determined as the research area and boundaries were drawn based on the data obtained. In Düvertepe village, four-day wedding traditions were examined using oral and written sources and the cultural texture of Yoruk weddings was tried to be understood. In this comprehensive study, individual interviews were conducted with local resource persons and written sources were scanned to trace the repetition practices of the Yörük people of Düvertepe village in their marriage ceremonies and their efforts to carry this ritual to the future.