Sivas Beydili Köyü inanç sistemi içinde kadın

In Alevi belief, people are gender neutral community and women and men have equal rights in many fields. In the religious hierarchical structure, experience in belief is essential principal. In this context, it is come across the existence of women in ∗ Yazisma adresi: Cumhuriyet Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi, Guzel Sanatlar Egitimi Bolumu Muzik Egitimi ABD, 58140 Kampus, Sivas (e-posta:duygulusoy@hotmail.com) Erciyes Universitesi, BAP Birimi tarafindan desteklenen SBD-12-4096 kodlu doktora tez projesinden uretilen bu calismanin dar kapsamli hali Yeditepe Universitesi’nde duzenlenen Uluslararasi Kadin Hayatlarini Yazmak Sempozyumu’nda 20 Nisan 2014 tarihinde “Sivas Beydili Koyu Muzik Pratiklerinde Kadin” basligi altinda sunulmustur. Anatolian Alevi belief who are religious leaders. For instance, Kadincik Ana is the female leader after death of Haci Bektas Veli and educated Abdal Musa who is accepted to be founder of Bektashism. One of the other female leaders except Kadincik Ana is Ansa Baci. Ansa Baci is the wife of Veli Baba who left Hubyar Ocak (guild) by thinking that this ocak became closer to the Sunni belief and established another ocak. After his death, Ansa Baci became the leader of this ocak. The members (talip) of this ocak are named as Babaci and/or subscribe people to Ansa Baci. Talips who used the notion of Baba instead of Dede as the religious leader in Alevi belief and described themselves as subscribe people to Baba and got seperated from other Alevi communitites with their appearance of a closed society having traditional life styles and religious beliefs and sustaining their generation as based on blood bonds. Therefore, they are described as Sirac by other Alevi communities. Beydili Village, located on the 30 km northwest of Hafik town (Sivas), is a a village which arouse interest because this community pertain to Ansa Baci and sustains their traditional elements. The present study is based on field researches during summer seasons in 2002-2004 and 2012-2013. Within the light of data obtained from participant observation and in-depth interviews, based on the female identity in the traditional culture of Beydili Village pertaining to Ansa Baci Ocagi, woman’s role and its reflection on musical practices in Cem Sect (Cem Tarikati) are addressed.