Historical Process and Current Situation of the Cultural Heritage “Saddlebag” (Kitap Bölümü)

  Historical Process and Current Situation of the Cultural Heritage “Saddlebag”

Abstract

    Preserving and maintaining cultural values is very important in terms of ensuring the continuity of nations. Cultural values protect the links between the past and the future. Weaving is one of the most important handicrafts that survives with various subjects, techniques, motifs, colors and product varieties within our material culture values. Weaving culture in Anatolia has established a deeprooted tradition. The Turks have gifted the art of weaving to the world heritage as an important cultural value. This handicraft is an important tool that reflects the intelligence, appreciation, elegance and creativity of the Turkish people, sheds light on their inner world and enables them to convey their feelings and thoughts. In this sense, the delegation, which is a weaving product, is one of the cultural heritages that has maintained this mission throughout the historical process.

    Saddlebags, which are included in the rich product range of Turkish handicrafts and have found widespread use, are the visual communication tool of physical and emotional activities from birth to death in human life. Saddlebags are cultural heritages that have reached this day as witnesses of the Turkish way of life and art aesthetics. However, functionally rich delegations have a very important place in social life. It has been used for years both in modern weaving examples with its motifs, in carrying goods and cargo by Anatolian people, in their homes as goods, in the dowries of young girls and as a means of payment in shopping.

    In this study, the uses of the saddlebag, which is an important cultural heritage, from past to present, its place in the Turkic world, the meanings and functions attributed to its motifs were examined. It was emphasized what can be done to protect and keep the delegation alive and to transfer this heritage to future generations. Today, it has been observed that the delegations are used in transportation, in the preservation of food, and the motifs embroidered on the delegations are reflected in various textile products, modernized and used as accessories such as bags etc. among the young generation. The fact that this important cultural heritage has taken its place in various separate museums is promising in terms of its preservation and preservation.

    Keywords: Cultural heritage, handicraft, weaving, saddlebag, motif.

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