SOME THOUGHTS ON THE LOVE SYMBOLS IN THE FOLKSONGS OF KONYA/TURKEY

Abstract

Konya, which is known a conservative city in Central Anatolia, has an incredibly lively folk song tradition, which will be studied from different perspectives. One of these perspectives is the musical practice of male musiciansbehind the closed doors of the outlying houses behind the garden walls. This is stating that they do not want to appear in public. This gesture appears in the expression of emotions in the folk songs that are not spoken directly, but encoded in symbols in the expression of humane emotions (especially intimate ones). But that means no concealment of them, but rather a publication of the secret feelings in a authentic way, hence the singers and listeners know those meanings from the very beginning. In my paper, the symbols of Konya folk love songs will be presented. Texts have been chosen from among the printed songs by Mazhar Sakman, one of the most important people of this region. It is attempted here to highlight how and where they occur in the song context and which aspects are to be understood. The aim of the lecture is to bring the music practice in Konya with the way of expression of love feelings, their coding to be tapped in the context, in relation.

Keywords

• Konya
• Music Practice
• Turkish Folk Song
• Mans World
• Love Symbol
• Moral Values