Andreas Karkavitsas, Tesalya Manzaraları Bektaşilerin Tekkesi

Abstract

This is a translation of Andreas Karkavitsas’ Greek article on the Durbali tekke. Andreas Karkavitsas travelled to many settlements in Rumelia, collecting and compiling information about the life, traditions and legends of the villages. Andreas Karkavitsas, after the announcement of the Estia newspaper’s short story competition, travelled to collect folkloric material and made one of his trips to Durbali tekke. He travelled to Durbali tekke with the mediation and companionship of the person responsible for the administrative affairs of the tekke. During the time he spent in the tekke, he met with the sheikh and dervishes of the tekke. During his stay in the Bektashi tekke, he reported his observations and interviews about the daily functioning in his article. He gave information about the physical as well as spiritual characteristics of the tekke. Although the language he uses in his works is colloquial, it is old and colloquial. Andreas Karkavitsas used folkloric materials in his short stories and novels. The reason why he is considered one of the pioneers of modern Greek literature is that he used the data obtained from the countryside in his works.