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follow (though it is of course difficult to prove a negative). Rather, participants lament the
martyrdom of various holy figures.
Musahiplik
Musahiplik (roughly, "Companionship") is a covenant relationship between two men of the same
age, preferably along with their wives. In a ceremony in the presence of a dede the partners make a
life-long commitment to care for the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of each other and
their children. The ties between couples who have made this commitment is at least as strong as it
is for blood relatives, so much so that müsahiplik is often called spiritual brotherhood (manevi
kardeşlik). The children of covenanted couples may not marry. [12]
Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi reports that the Tahtaci identify musahiplik with the first gate (şeriat),
since they regard it as a precondition for the second (tarikat). Those who attain to the third gate
(marifat, "gnosis") must have been in a musahiplik relationship for at least twelve years. Entry into
the third gate dissolves the musahiplik relationship (which otherwise persists unto death), in a
ceremony called Öz Verme Ayini ("ceremony of giving up the self").
The value corresponding to the second gate (and necessary to enter the third) is aşinalik
("intimacy," perhaps with God). Its counterpart for the third gate is called peşinelik; for the fourth
gate (hakikat, Ultimate Truth), cingildaşlik or cegildaşlik (translations uncertain). [13]
Folk practices
Many folk practices may be identified, though few of them are specific to the Alevis. In this
connection, scholar Martin van Bruinessen notes a sign from Turkey's Ministry of Religion,
attached to Istanbul's shrine of Eyüp Sultan, which presents
...a long list of ‘superstitious’ practices that are emphatically declared to be non-Islamic and
objectionable, such as lighting candles or placing ‘wishing stones’ on the tomb, tying pieces of
cloth to the shrine or to the trees in front of it, throwing money on the tomb, asking the dead
directly for help, circling seven times around the trees in the courtyard or pressing one’s face
against the walls of the türbe in the hope of a supernatural cure, tying beads to the shrine and
expecting supernatural support from them, sacrificing roosters or turkeys as a vow to the shrine.
The list is probably an inventory of common local practices the authorities wish to prevent from
re-emerging. [14]
Other, similar practices include kissing door frames of holy rooms; not stepping on the threshold
of holy buildings; seeking prayers from reputed healers; making 'Lokma' and sharing it with
others.
Festivals
Newroz (Farsi: Nowroz, literally "New Day") is the ancient Iranian New Year, observed and
practiced by Iranians and many ethnic groups(Ulghurs, Kurds, Uzbeks...)on 21 March (the Spring
equinox) as a celebration of newness and reconciliation. Apart from the original beliefs of the
Zorastrian founders of Nowruz, Alevi also celebrate and commemerate the birth of Ali; the
wedding of Ali and Fatima; the rescue of the prophet Joseph from the well; and / or the creation of
the world on this day. Various cems and special programs are held.
Hidrellez honors the mysterious figure Khidr (Turkish Hizir) who is sometimes identified with the
prophet Elijah (Ilyas), and is said to have drunk of the water of life. Some hold that Khidr comes
to the rescue of those in distress on land, while Elijah helps those at sea; and that they meet at a
rose tree in the evening of every 6th of May. The festival is also celebrated in parts of the Balkans
by the name of "Erdelez," where it falls on the same day as Djurdjevdan or St. George's Day.
Khidr is also honored with a three-day fast in mid-February called Hızır Orucu. In addition to
avoiding any sort of comfort or enjoyment, Alevis also abstain from food and water for the entire
day, though they do drink liquids other than water during the evening.