vikivalo
14.09.2006, 10:22
I saw on this internet site two sybols on the top left corner - an evil eye and a sword. Are these Alevi symobls? if yes, what do they stand for? do you have any other symbols?
And is there anything specific about house decorations (apart form Ataturk's prttrait)? i mean if sb goes to an Alevi house is there a chance for him to find out that he is in an Alevi house?
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izmirksk
15.09.2006, 18:48
I saw on this internet site two sybols on the top left corner - an evil eye and a sword. Are these Alevi symobls? if yes, what do they stand for? do you have any other symbols?
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sword (name=zülfikar)
It's alevi symbol(caliph Ali's sword)
an evil eye=(charm)-used to ward off the evil eye
as far as i know it's not alevi symbol
And is there anything specific about house decorations (apart form Ataturk's prttrait)? i mean if sb goes to an Alevi house is there a chance for him to find out that he is in an Alevi house?
Yep sort of you can understand it. In sunni people's house, it's most likely that there's something hanging on the wall having something written in arabic script. In an alevi house, this doesn't exist usually. But this applies to secular muslim turkish people as well. So it's hard to distinguish whether the person is Alevi or secular muslim, by it.
In an Alevi family's house, there are often the portraits of Haci Bektadji Veli and Caliph Ali. It's almost certain that it's a devoted Alevi family.