RELIGIOUS- MAGICAL PRACTICES IN OSMANIYE ENVIRONMENT FOLK MEDICINE
OSMANİYE VE ÇEVRESİ HALK HEKİMLİĞİNDE DİNSEL-BÜYÜSEL UYGULAMALAR

Author : Ayhan KARAKAŞ
Number of pages : 156-166

Abstract

Folk medicine is a set of values that suffered several cultural change by moving from past to present to the public. Our people have tried to cure the disease within the possibilities and applications in the absence of modern medicine has brought a rich cultural accumulation occurs. Religious - magical properties in more realistic than those who practice folk medicine is also found showing. Besides traces of ancient cultures in these types of applications , we see the traces of the Islamic color. Vividly in the Çukurova region of folk culture in Osmaniye, one of the areas where survival is very rich in folk medicine practices. Religious - magical folk medicine practices in Osmaniye is quite remarkable. Osmaniye traditional practices are resorted to in the face of modern medicine, people outside diseases. This work will be evaluated in folk medicine in Osmaniye will be compiled from oral cultures where religious - magical practices and the application traces ancient cultures and the impact of Islam.

Keywords

Osmaniye, Folk Medicine, Religion, Magic

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