About Festival Scenes on Saymali Tash Petroglyphs

dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, A
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T11:39:44Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T11:39:44Z
dc.description.abstractNot only in Saymali Tash in Kyrgyzstan, but anywhere in Eurasian step belt, affected by Turkic culture, rock carvings (petroglyphs) can be found. In those glyphs anything can be subject: daily life acts, ritual performances or just a single inscription (tamga) which identify the area to specific tribe. Our research focused on festival scenes based on Saymali Tash. While the academicians prefer to use ritual dance to explain those glyphs yet it is not clear. So we want to put a new idea about why those people perform such as ritual. It is relatively rare if compared to archaeological artifacts and there is no sign left about their function from the people who carved them. That is why it is quite hard to reach definite conclusion. Article tries to explain, what may be the reason and what is the specific carving time of those glyphs, with the help of neighboring countries customs and with the interpretation of one of the oldest Turkish legend.
dc.identifier.issn0257-4152
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/1865
dc.language.isoTurkish
dc.publisherEGE UNIV
dc.titleAbout Festival Scenes on Saymali Tash Petroglyphs
dc.typeArticle

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