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clown faced tulumcu...
The main employee of the festivals tulumcu or saka was a dancer who
perform his dance in a rude, noisy way and his dance relies on a
buffoonery. In the festivals these tulumcus provide the regulation.
Tulumcus had assistances called "Cin Askeri". |
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 Tulumcus
had put on felt, cone, baggy trousers or red and black slips
and they held a leather bottle.These leather bottles were filled
with water or oil. Tulumcubaşı had put on a cone with white or
yellow gilding and a cebe in yellow gilding. He had hold a stick
with white gilding. |
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| They were responsible of securing the area.
40 or 50 tulumcus, pour a oil or water buckets on the audiences
who breaks the order. Because they do these with a funny face
and behavours, noone got angry of it, but enjoyed. with an old
expression they were doing "vafirlubbazlıklar". |
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