Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
REVISTA DE ETNOGRAFIE SI FOLCLOR, cilt.1, sa.2, ss.43-68, 2022 (AHCI)
Hakkâri is one of the important centres of sheep breeding and is associated with
milk and wool products obtained from sheep. Milk and the products obtained
by processing the milk obtained from sheep fed with endemic plants offer
great taste. Knitted and woven works made by spun wool obtained from sheep
too are admired in terms of their material, decoration and fine workmanship.
Weaving made for clothing, carrying, floor covering and many other different
purposes is also remarkable in terms of diversity. Although carrying goods
on the back is a worldwide tradition, equipment used for carrying goods on
back may differ from country to country or even from region to region. For
example, while in the Black Sea Region women use baskets for carrying tea
on their backs, we see weavings of smaller sizes than sacks with handles on
both sides in the Aegean Region. In the Hakkâri region, women’s backpacks
are woven in a rectangular shape, stitched to a square or close to square and
take the shape of a triangle when they are taken on one’s back. The research on
these women’s backpack, which is especially peculiar to the Hakkâri region,
is based on an ethnographic work field study covering thirty-two settlements
of Hakkâri. This study serves to introduce the “parzun”, which is among
the weavings of Hakkâri for carrying purposes and which has an important
place in the social life, culture and art of the region. The study is also aimed
to protect this cultural asset and transfer it to future generations, as well as
contributing to scientific studies to be carried out in this field.