Women's Laments and Mourning Nefeses: Death Rituals of Tahtaci Communities İn Aegean Region

Objectives: This study aims to investigate and scientifically reveal Mourning Nefeses and Women's Laments that belong to the Tahtaci communities and have not been scientifically published and investigated to date. Meetings were held with the wise people in the tahtaci community and went to the villages where the tahtaci communities in the Aegean densely lived. The cultural, social and social life of the Tahtacis was observed for 3 years and 5 months. Funeral rituals and religious ceremonies were closely examined. Method: We lived with them for 3 years and 5 months in the villages where they lived intensively to investigate all the cultural, social and religious life events of the Tahtacis. We made face-to-face interviews with many people in these villages. We also attended all kinds of social, cultural and religious ceremonies belonging to these communities. We made observations and compilations. We recorded the observation, interview and research findings and converted them into written form and musical notes. Results: The results indicated that the Tahtacı communities have traditions according to their own verbal. Mourning Nefeses and Women Laments come first among these cultural traditions. We ensured that these nefeses and laments, which were not included in any scientific research and sources before, were converted from oral culture into written sources and musical notes. Conclusions: The current study provides evidence that It reveals the scientific deficiencies of the Tahtacı culture and the fact that verbal cultural elements should be eliminated from extinction, a written scientific resource should be created, and how important it is to transfer women's laments and nefeses to future generations.