The two main islands of SamoaWhile Upolu and Savai'i are the two largest islands by area, Upolu is the most populous island in Samoa and home to Samoa's historical capital city of Apia. International visitors to Samoa will nearly always arrive at either Samoa's international airport or seaport on the island of Upolu.
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لساموا الامريكية ( اللي بتتبع لأمريكا )خلال ساعتين بيوصل بكرا و يرجع أمبارح
Dear Friends,
In this work, I would like to share with you my favorite details and impressions about the Roma, the 'must-haves' of this land, about whom you hear and hear a lot in Edirne, our 'Capital of the Balkans' Serhad Province', which we make false and false comparisons and make judgments about, which I love very much and go to whenever I have the opportunity. . Let's take a quick tour with you in Edirne, Thrace and around the world, from 'Demeter Festivals' to 'Kakava', from 'Seeing Babafingo' to 'Seventy-Two and a Half Nation'. By the way, I would like to point out that I use the word 'Gypsy' instead of 'Roma' from time to time in my discourses, without any complexities, and that I briefly explain this distinction at the end of my article.
Preface
Actually, the focus of my article is the Kakava Festival held in Edirne every May . However, in order to explain these festivals properly, we must first look at the beliefs of humanity from a larger perspective. Because when we say Kakava , tracing the spring and fertility ceremonies spread across many different cultures and reaching out to other springs in different societies will make what we say more understandable.
Greek Mythology and Demeter Festivals
First, I would like to start with Demeter , the goddess of agriculture (harvest) , abundance and fertility in Greek Mythology . Frankly, we can go even further back in history, but let's leave the scene to a bitter love story without going off topic.
Especially during my travels in Anatolia and Italy , my narratives eventually come to a point where they intersect with Greek (and subsequently Roman) Mythology countless times. I think the Tunca River is one of the places where I think Greek Mythology mixes sweetly with Edirne. Come with a few sentences, let's remember this tragic scenario from thousands of years ago.
Our protagonist is Persephone , the beautiful daughter of Demeter , one of Zeus ' wives . Our story begins with Hades, the God of the Underground, whom no one wants to marry, falling in love with Persephone and making a treacherous plan with Zeus , kidnapping the girl underground and marrying her.
But while mother Demeter is searching for her daughter in pain, she learns about the intrigues from the Titan Helios , the lord of the sun, and leaves Olympos , the mountain of the immortal Gods, in anger and begins to live among people. With this departure, abundance ends all over the world, crops dry up, and famine and winter begin. I won't make it long, but those who intervened later ensured that Persephone came to earth to be with her mother during a certain part of the year. When this beautiful girl meets her mother, the Goddess of Fertility, spring comes, crops sprout, abundance and fertility begin. This is the origin of the Demeter (Spring) Festival, which has been celebrated in Greek culture and Anatolia for a long time .
Starting from Ruz-ı Hızır Hıdırellez
Demete r, of course, we cannot pass without mentioning Hıdırellez, which we celebrate as a seasonal holiday in Turkish culture, which I want to write about in detail in a separate work in order to return to our topic. As you know, Hızır Day is celebrated on May 6, known as 'Ruz-ı Hızır' and considered the day when Hızır and İlyas met on earth, with wishes of abundance and abundance as the herald of the beginning of spring. Kakava Festivals are also celebrated on the same dates within this framework.
