- Pir Haydar Buğa
The Dersim Alevi Calendar, Gağan, the Xızır/Hızır Fast, Hewtemal – Black Wednesday, and the Month of Mourning
In this video, Pir Haydar Buğa provides a comprehensive discussion of the religious understanding of time known as the “Alevi calendar” in the tradition of...
- Pir Haydar Buğa
Sacrificial Practices in Alevism: Blood and Bloodless Offerings – Pir Haydar Buğa
In this video, Pir Haydar Buğa examines sacrificial rituals (kurban) in Alevism and the phenomenon of sacrifice within a multilayered framework of belief and meaning....
- Pir Haydar Buğa
Secrecy (Sır) in Alevism, Numerical Symbolism, Kalu Bela, Alevi Philosophy, Truth (Hakikat), and Alevi Ethics – Pir Haydar Buğa
In this video, Pir Haydar Buğa offers a comprehensive discussion of the concept of Sır, which occupies a central position in Alevism, and uses this...
- Pir Ecevit Emre
Death and Devriye in Alevism, Hakikat, Sır, Alevi Cosmology, Çar Anasır, and Kalu Bela – Pir Ecevit Emre
In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre offers a comprehensive discussion of how the phenomenon of “death” is understood in Alevism and its place within Alevi...
- Pir Ecevit Emre
İkrar, Rızalık, Nature and Alevism, Domestic and Wild Animals, Rıza Şehri, and Lokma – Pir Ecevit Emre
In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre offers a comprehensive discussion of the concepts of ikrar and rızalık, which occupy a central position in Alevi philosophy...
- Pir Ecevit Emre
Matem Ayı, Karbala, Resistance, and Alevi Uprisings – Pir Ecevit Emre
In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre examines the concept of the “month of mourning” (matem ayı) and practices of lamentation in Alevism through the historical,...
- Pir Ecevit Emre
Oral Culture, Deyiş, Nefes, Gülbenk, Mersiye, Duvaz, and Alevi Philosophy & Cosmology – Pir Ecevit Emre
In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre offers a comprehensive discussion of the central role of oral tradition in Alevism and explains how Alevism, in its...
- Pir Ecevit Emre
Görgü Cemi, Dara Çıkma, Dardan İndirme, Aklanma–Paklanma, İkrar, Rızalık
In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre discusses Görgü Cemi (entering görgü), which holds a central place in Alevi ritual life, in a multilayered and comprehensive...
- Pir Ecevit Emre
Çerağ, Delil, Çerağ / Delil Uyandırma, Çerağ / Delil Sırlama, Hakikat
In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre discusses the concept of çerağ (or delil), which holds a highly central place in Alevi rituals, in a multidimensional...
- Pir Hasan Hayri Şanlı
Prayers, Addresses, and Narratives in Funeral Rituals (Kırmancki/Zazaki)
In this video, Pir Hasan Hayri Şanlı conveys the poems, prayers, and spoken addresses recited during the funeral ritual in his native language, Kırmanckî (Zazakî)....
