FRIDAY MOSQUES IN MOUNTAINOUS REGION IN BURSA

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Buyukorhan, Harmancık, Keles and Orhaneli, located on the southern slopes of the Uludag, are districts also called ‘Mountainous Region of Bursa province’. The mosques which are the only place of worship in these towns and villages have been setting up the social aspect of everyday life as it was in its very early times. In the entire region, it is known that many villages come together for Friday prayers and Eid prayers twice a year and these worships are performed with a high level of participation, until recently. As in all Islamic towns, in these districts, places where worship is carried out are named with words and concepts such as ‘mosque’, ‘place to come together’ and ‘masjid’, but rather as ‘Friday Mosque’.Mosques, throughout Islamic history, have been socially powerful places owing to the fact that these buildings serve as the only places for worships performed in congregation. Although they undergone some social and cultural changes, mosques in Mountainous region maintain this characteristics. Despite the fact that many have lost their functionality, there still exist Friday Mosques maintaining all their functions.

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Change , Friday Mosque , Place for Friday prayer , tradition , Mountainous Region in Bursa , Namazgah

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