Monday, 19 November 2012

Reflecting the culture via videos


Turkish People and Culture


Last week, Thomas Thomsan requested us to chose a video representing our culture and to determine the reasons why we choose it. This was the first time that I watched and selected a video on "youtube" for an educational aim. Furthermore, it was very good experience doing something different for educational purposes, in my opinion. So, I have found this video effective enough in terms of reflecting Turkish culture. I hope you like the it. While watching this video, you can see most of important symbol representing Turkish culture. These symbols are;

  • arthitectural building for instance mosques (not only mosques but also churchs), castles, palaces, museums, bridges, Maiden's Tower
  • natural cultural remains such as Cappadocia, Sculptures in Nemrut
  • horses having important role in the life of Asians
  • see the cultural turkish dance called "halay"
  • some traditional musical enstruments such as "davul" and "zurna"
  • conventional clothes
  • both urban and rural areas
  • sports such as rafting, camping, climbing, surfing, skiing
  • traditional tournament called "oil wrestling"
  • a kind of cat having one blue and one green eyes called "Van cat"
  • different sources of income such as fishery, silk, industrial factories
  • national plane firm called Turkish Airlines being famous in worldwide
  • Turkish foods such as "döner"
  • a slice of villagers' lives
  • how to make Turkish carpets and ceramics
  • whirling dervishes called "semazen"
  • modern arts demonstrating in turkey such as theater, opera, ballet
  • memorial cemetery of Ataturk ,who has founded Turkish Republic, and flag of Turkey
  • national Turkish football team wining UEFA cup


2 comments:

  1. national Turkish football team wining UEFA cup ha,

    I like it. :)

    I wish this team which won UEFA cup could win Champions League cup.

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  2. Thank you so much for your reply Furkan :) I also wish the same. But we should value what we had and enjoyed this.

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