A practice within the northwestern province of Bursa of honoring the particular Ottoman European cavalry often known as “Deliler” (Madmen) who oversaw the land military through the Ottoman Empire and attracted recognition for his or her distinctive braveness and distinctive apparel is well known yearly with a singular pageant.
The army unit, consisting of cavalrymen who served within the land military with their superior braveness and distinctive uniforms, is commemorated with a pageant held on the second day of each Eid al-Adha within the rural Şehriman neighborhood, 36 kilometers (57 miles) from Bursa’s Mustafakemalpaşa district.
The pageant commemorates the “madmen” troops and has been occurring for nearly 200 years.
In the neighborhood, consisting of 250 residents, particularly youngsters, flip the skins, heads, tails, horns and bones of the animals they slaughter into costumes, put masks on their faces, collect within the city sq. and scare the folks round them.
This 12 months’s pageant was attended by 500 folks, together with representatives of political events, nongovernmental group (NGO) executives and folks from the encompassing neighborhoods.
In the pageant, which additionally focuses on conventional meat dishes, eight folks wore particular garments made from sacrificial animals’ skins and carried out reveals.
Speaking on the pageant, Bilal Aydemir, president of the Şehriman Education, Culture and Solidarity Association, mentioned they might proceed this conventional occasion, which has been occurring for not less than 200 years.
“This year’s ‘Alabaş tradition’ attracted a lot of attention. The number of guests is increasing every year,” Aydemir mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
