KONYA BARANA MEETINGS IN WHICH TURKISH FOLK MUSIC TRADITION OF PLAYING AND SINGING TOGETHER CONTINUES
Project no. 302 · Status: Kapanmış · 2016
Summary
Within the frame of the searches that we have made in this project, an example of the meetings that are common in a wide area in Turkish world and evaluated under the title of “Conversation” (Sohbet) in Anatolia is seen in Konya in which the tradition of playing and singing together continues. These meetings that were called “Oturak” in the past and that are called “Barana” today are carried out at long winter nights by society of friends who are familiar with Konya music tradition. In the light of the findings obtained as a result of both fieldworks and literature reseach, Konya Barana Tradition has been studied and tried to reveal in the context of the rituels during the meeting, hierarchy and practice of music.