- 著者
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佐島 隆
サシマ タカシ
Takashi Sashima
- 雑誌
- 国際研究論叢 : 大阪国際大学紀要 = OIU journal of international studies
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.18, no.3, pp.1-16, 2005-03-31
This research is the result of surveys of Alevi cultures in Kayseri province, Turkey, based on data from ethnic groups in Alevi groups in various urban and rural communities. It was found that many people in northern Kayseri province had come from Sivas and many in the southeast had come from Sivas, Kahramanmara, Adana or Tunceli, and that the province is a confluence of Turk and Kurd Alevi identities. In the cities ritual halls, termed cemevi, are no longer built, but in villages a big room in a house is used. However few Alevi mausoleums were found. Dede, Alevi community leaders, are active in Kayseri and some have a sense of being Seyyid (descendants of Muhammad and Ali), some Alevi believing in reincarnation. One function of Alevi associations in Kayseri is to facilitate the exchange of information.