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Monday, July 7, 2008

IN THE WAKE OF A LEGEND-RIZE


On the coast of the eastern Black Sea region lift the mountains her chest the raging waves. On the slopes of these mountains, once a city founded and "Rize", which "under the mountains". Some suggest that name also known as the Greek "Rizios", which means rice, or the Persian "rez", with the importance grapes bowl. It comes to forecasting.

There was once a woman without at the same beauty, with the name of Roza Raziye or whose loved Ali rice was at one of the furious storms of the Black Sea down, so she lived all alone in the villa, which they in the forests on the slopes had built. It was not only because of their beauty, but also for its wealth and its charity known and respected.

The woman sat day and night at her window, which looked to the sea, gave her hopeless love with folk songs expression, wept bitter tears for their fate. One day she was not at the window to see, nor was their voice be heard. They came and what they saw? The villa is deserted, there is nobody there. They searched everything, but found keineSpur. Only two lines: Pooled my wealth among the poor, they should come and housing, they should be looking at me. "Within a short time was a city founded, we called it" Raziye ", which over time Rize. The non - endless rain Rizes were their tears. The tone of the kemençe [string instrument in the People's Music] Rizes and its folk songs, was the voice of their leidgeplagten Herzenz to hear their beauty in every place looking for the inhabitants Rizes a part of it, so they are gutherzige, intimate people.

The Turkish sword reached the Black Sea:

Rizes The story goes very far back. In the years to two thousand BC Huri came into that area, in later ages, each tribe, into the Black Sea area came here to leave its tracks. Rize was after the Battle of Malzgirt in Turkish hands. It was this: After the death of the head of the Great Empire Sedlschukischen, Alp Aslan, his son Melikschah governance, Jahre1086 he came from the Caucasus vordringend her to the coast at Rize, plunged his sword into the sea three times as a sign that also this place would include him once and moved further on the mountains of the Black Sea coast. From the coast at Rize, he had a handful of sand taken and when he returned from Kriegszug, he sprinkled the sand on the grave of his father Alp Arslan, and said:

-- Father, I have good news. Your son has conquered the work that you've started, completed, until the final winner remains. Rest without worry in your grave!

After the collapse of the Great Empire Seldschukischen Rize was under the reign of the Byzantine Empire. In 1461, it was by the hand Fatih Sultan Mehmet Trabzon, together with the countries of the Ottoman Empire added. The Heldenhafte grandchildren Fatihs, Sultan Selim Yayuz came when he was governor of Trabzon, together with his mother the Sultan's wife Gülbahar often after Rize and lived here. During these visits, he on behalf of his mother in Rize Gülbahar the mosque was built and he spent happy days in the rose gardens Rizes.

Rize is the one area of our country, the most rainfall. On average 200-250 cm of rain falls per year. The half of the year is rainy, the other half covered by weather and nebligem marked in Rize rarely sees the sun. Just as people in Anatolia in the prayer for rain is concerned, so the residents Rizes pray for sun. The sun prayer in Rize is a centuries old überlieferter, widespread custom. On the days when the fog gelichtet not weeks, the rain just will not stop, the children together, reciting rhymes and go from house to house and collect flour, Schmand and oil. It prepare the children candy, "Höşmere", and so is the fog clears, the sun is shining, distribute it among the poor and ask that they pray for good weather. In Rize, there is a traditional "Ternek". The more on the pastures, held Ternekfeste are a rich part of folklore Rizes. One or more kemençes improvise, to the young people dance the horon [a folk dance] and throw ridicule each other verses in his head. This competition is called "Karşılama türküler" [singer dispute folk songs]. In this dispute, the singer girls against the young men. So the man sings, in the vernacular Rizes:

I suffer, I suffer,

So big as the mountains is my suffering.

Love you because your mother

As much as I love you?

And opening up the dispute. The girl replied:

Your savings you Herzeleid

Do you suffering, throw him ...

If you love me

Then the judge stracks wedding ...

Indeed, the singer always armed and continue pushing for a solution.

The only instrument of horons, the singer dispute, the folk songs is the Rizes kemençe. The kemeçe is the voice Rizes, his breath. The poet is mainly the Rizes kemençe follows:

A whip is her arch, the fig will face veil,

The sea may browsing, it serves with the kemençe

In the kemençe you hear the cries of seagulls:

In the kemençe you hear the song of the sea ...

In these strings heroism, action, separation pain hidden,

In these strings is the most beautiful, the sublime moment hidden,

It pouring from our hearts the most sacred feelings

A city bäumt to the wishes of trees themselves.

This holy voice their divine power from the green,

This eternal enthusiasm runs contrary to the Green ...

Life is action, states feel, in my view,

With this feeling like they überschäumt, kemençe ...

The history of the kemençe:

The kemençe also has a history, it is in the eastern Black Sea region says:

In Rize two families once lived. A son of a family and the other the daughter had loved each other. The two lovers are waiting for the fulfilment of their love and, as in expectation of happiness living entzweien, who knows how, the two families. The two loved ones suddenly see their hopes destroyed, as they arrange to meet one night and flee into the forest, but the two families verfogen them. Because they understand that they catch, they encounter a deep "ah" and pray:

-- Errette us from their hands, my God. Are we going to branches and separate us so we will speak as instrument and with each other.

The young will contribute to the cypress, the girl to the lemon tree. The lemon tree is a kemençe built from cedar an arc. These two came together, the instrument now and tell each other of their love.

In fact, the best kemençes from these two tree species were built. The kemençe glecht a girl, a boy the arc.

The Green to Rize, in each of his greens you can find the trace of an Sage.

Actually, every green in Rize to find ... The strong taste of tea, every day we slurp a few times, its scent, which he receives from the Green, do they know of course. The Rize tea has no long history, it is only fifty years ago. Fifty years ago threw a Turkish farmer named Zihni Derin the first seed, thanks to its constant effort, she went on and it was to what it is today. Just as the Rize Tea today refreshed Turkey knows it well on world markets. From Hopa to Giresun, this part of the Black Sea region thanks to the tea eats his bread, sixty thousand farm families work in Teeanbau. As the experts let us know, the Rize Tea with its fragrance and a color to make a place among the world-famous teas. Since the Teeanbau has begun, the exodus has declined, say the residents Rizes. In the past, the daughter Rizes the return of her lover waited, it has now, therefore, the joy in the folk songs Rizes.

Rize, with his smiling face and his soothing words. Let down by Rize and bring the speech to another of our cities.

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