Unit 4 Traditions
THEME 4 - TRADITIONS Listening 14 John : Look at these old photos, Zeynep! Zeynep: What photos? John : Türkiye photos many years ago! Zeynep: Oh, people used to live in small mud brick houses. We now live in modern buildings. John : Did they use to wear traditional costumes? Zeynep: Yes, they did. Most Turkish people wear modern clothes now. Only in some villages and ceremonies people wear traditional clothes. Look at this John! It is a shadow theatre. People used to watch shadow plays in the past. It was a popular entertainment. John : Oh, I know it! That is Karagöz. What else did they use to do for entertainment? Zeynep: They used to watch puppet shows, meddah, orta oyunu, etc.”Orta oyunu” is a Turkish folk theatre. People performed it in the open air. John : Oh, this is a photo of an old coffee house. Zeynep: People did not use to have TVs or personal computers then, so they came together in coffee houses. You know most men go to coffee houses to chat and talk about t...