Divriğili Ozanların Göç Olgusu (The Migration Phenomenon of Minstrels From Divriği)

Abstract

The minstrelsy/bardship tradition has preserved its vitality by being transferred with the master- apprentice relationship and has lasted until today. The minstrelsy/bardship tradition has changed from past to present due to different reasons. The minstrelsy/bardship tradition which is the product of the oral culture environment has met written and electronic cultural environments with the help of the developments in technology, and tried to preserve its existance in these environments. Beside that, migration is one of the important factors that has affected the minstrelsy/bardship tradition and its representatives. The minstrels/poets sought a way to get rid of the rural depression in migrating to heavily industrialized cities. The poet who has migrated to cities to overcome the economic difficulties and for a quality life, has tried to keep the tradition alive in the city environment. However, the poet who had to adapt to the urban life style got affected by the urban culture and the local style of the tradition has begun to disappear. In this sense, while the effect of migration on the poets of Divriği and the cultural changes that took place as a result of these effects constitute the subject of the research, five tradition representatives belonging to Sivas/Divriği constitute the study group of the research. The data obtained as a result of the interviews with the representatives of the tradition were transformed into findings with the descriptive analysis method and the research results were reported in the light of the findings.