Forty Days and Forty Nights – Weddings, Festivals and Pageantry in the Ottoman Empire

Having dedicated his whole life to the study of virtually every type of Turkish performing art, Metin And found a wealth of material ın Ottoman festivals. From the 1950s onwards, his constantly evolving research gave ıts fruıts in articles and books; had he lived a lıttle longer, long enough to reflect his latest discoveries and findings, he would have transformed this topic into a true ‘festival ground’. Forty Days and Forty Nights iş not only a great book title, but it also refers to fairy tales, which are the pinnacles of oral culture. For forty days and forty nıghts, protagonists struggle on journeys, their sufferıng, trials and tribulations destined to remain hidden; for forty days and forty nıghts they celebrate weddings whose details are left to the listener’s imagination. Festivals enhanced by storıes told aş though they had taken place but yesterday, aş though nothıng had moved, not even by an inch, also relate the true story of a civilisation. Metin And regards Ottoman festivals aş an intersection of the arts; Forty Days and Forty Nights also contains his earlier, constructive suggestions for art historians. İt was he who fırst ventured onto this path and persevered on it; his extraordınary efforts and intuition guide the reader aş the trail he blazed invites further study. Ürün Adı: Forty Days and Forty Nights – Weddings, Festivals and Pageantry in the Ottoman Empire Ürün Kodu: 9789750864827 Yazar: Metin And Basım Yılı: 2025 Kapak Türü: Karton Kapak Sayfa Sayısı: 376 Kağıt Cinsi: 2. Hamur Çevirmen: