Abstract :
‘Pıngıdık’ Antalya/Finike/Gökbük is a type of game still being played in an Anatolian Folk Village. Beyond the partial similarities, when compared with many theatrical game versions like Saya, Arab, Winter Semi, Cemal Games and Berabona, because it is much more tidy, has symbolically more content and remains and survives as refined in a single Tahtacı village, it is worthy of a rather special place. When the game’s content and its messages are resolved, we can see that it ends in a way that indicated it is not only a theatrical game but also directly a rite of passage. When the rich symbols and figures are treated separately, the fact that it presents data which may be linked to both classical mythology and Asian Turkish tradition is likely to cause discussion. In this respect, in order to introduce the game, providing the references of both classical mythology and Turkish traditions with a comparative overview by classifying the game itself and isolating the figures and symbols will form the care of this research. Because, discussions over the opinions presented to this kind of game still has not ceased. At the end of the research, this study aim that many factors such as animistic emulations, symbolic objects, game groups, hierarchical divisions of labor, conflict environment, respect and approbation will be explained individually and reach a scientific definition and clarify its origin.
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Pingidik , Tahtacı , Folk Games , Initiation Ritual , Phallus Cult
