Europe:roots from the past and future challenges Publiczne Gimnazjum, Haci Ali Saruhan & Pere Barnils Project

2. Have you ever been to a
Turkish wedding? If not,
you may be invited to a
Kina Gecesi some time.
Kina Gecesi is henna
night before the
wedding day when all
the female get together
and make the bride cry
because she is leaving
her mum’s house.

3.  Traditionally Kina Gecesi
starts at girl’s house one
or two days before the
wedding. Usually friends
and relatives are invited.
A flag is hanged and this
shows that the wedding
has started. The guests
are offered dried fruit and
juices and they sing and
dance altogether.

4.  The bride dressed in a
nice evening gown wears
a bindallı (a long velvet
gown) and her head is
covered with a red cloth
before they henna her
hands. The henna is
mixed on a tray with
candles. A young lady
with the henna tray, the
bride and the girls holding
candels walk around the
chair in the middle of the
room by singing and
dancing.

5.  Then a beautiful
tray of henna is
mixed decorated
with flowers and
candles.young girls
are given a candle.
After the return of
young girls around
the bride.

6.  The bride sits on the
chair and other women
sing Then sad songs to
make the bride cry
because she is leaving
home. They put henna
into bride’s palm and
then the henna is
offered to the guests.
After the henna they
keep singing and
dancing.

7.  The most common folk song at henna night is as
follows:
Yüksek yüksek tepelere ev kurmasınlar
Asrı asrı memlekete kız vermesinler
Annesinin bir tanesini hor görmesinler
Ucanda kuşlara malum olsun
Ben annemi özledim
Hem annemi hem babamı
Ben koyumu özledim
Babamın bir ati olsa binse de gelse
Annemin yelkeni olsa açsa da gelse
Kardeşlerim yollarımı bilse de gelse
Ucanda kuşlara malum olsun
Ben annemi özledim
Hem annemi hem babamı
Ben koyumu özledim
Ucanda kuşlara malum olsun
Ben annemi özledim
Hem annemi hem babamı
Ben koyumu özledim

9.  Henna nights Bindallı indispensable, can not
ever , can not be worn, had become
innaccesible.Infact, an ingenious produck
Bindallı months of the study was a patient and
carefull. The clothes that are still rarely found.
However,the fact that only inaccesible for
several months coused the price of clothing
even the cost of labor.So it henna night pajama
suits, formal wear and even bridal bright even
had become used to, Thus there is a cultural
asset is going to museums and would remain
between the pages of dusty books.