Instant Access To 100,000+ Essays!

Festivals in Turkish Culture Culture is the way of life of members of a society, or of groups within a society. Every nation is separated from each other by their own cultures. In other words, there are not certain similarities between nations; therefore every nation has a peculiar culture which is based on vital constituents. Festivals are one of the most important components of culture, as being in Turkish culture. The Turks successfully achieved their existence by applying their fragments of own culture effectively such as history, religion, language and so on. Furthermore, festivals have a big part of a Turkish culture. First of all, religious festivals; Ramadan and Feast of the Sacrifice are celebrated ten days earlier than the year before. The main reason why religious festivals are not celebrated on the same days every year is because they are calculated according to the lunar calendar called “Hicri Takvim”, so religious festivals may come to be celebrated in every season. According to Hicri calender, Ramadan is celebrated on the first three days of the tenth of the month Þevval, and the Feast of Sacrifice is celebrated in four days of the tenth of the month Zilhicce. The main characteristics of Ramadan and the Fe