THE GENRE “BAYATI” İN KARABAKH FOLKLORE AS A POETİC FORMULA OF SEASONAL CEREMONİES (ON THE BASE OF NOVRUZ CEREMONİES)

Abstract

The genre “bayati” is studied separately as a genre in folklore. At the same time the researches on the subject and content of this genre are carried out. Even when the poetics “bayati” is involved in research, various aspects of the genre are brought to the attention. However, the presentation of the genre “bayati” as a poetic formula is new. In this study the structure of bayati is presented, the color and size of bayati verses are brought to the attention and the appearance of the most diverse, even different areas of the same size is looked through. As it is seen from the name, the ceremonies are clarified first and then research is carried out in accordance with the topic in the context of the Novruz ceremonies, which constitute the widest scope of these ceremonies, with an emphasis on the seasonal ceremonies. Here, the forms of the formula “bayati” in the pre-Novruz and Novruz ceremonies are taken into consideration. First of all, the ceremonies “chille”, the contexts of the great and small “chille”, then the “Khidir Nabi” ceremony are looked through and then the following Tuesdays in the sequence are examined in the symbolism of the last Tuesday, the examples are involved in the study, the ceremony of “Waving the ring” is studied, folk games and performances are viewed in the same context, especially attention is paid to the folk game “Kosa-Kosa”, the songs about samani, which is a special attribute of the Novruz holiday, are approached from a ceremonial aspect, and “sayachi” songs are not bypassed in the context of separate songs of the seasonal ceremonies. In such parts of the Novruz ceremonies, attention is drawn to examples with the formula “bayati” in the sung parts of the verse. At the same time, such ceremonial and genre poetics are considered on the basis of Karabakh folklore. As a result of the research, it turns out that “bayati” should not be studied only as a genre, under the name “bayati”, it should be studied in all layers of our national culture.