The Turkish pop singer Tarkan is, I believe, also well known in the rest of Europe.
He has brought out a new album, and to congratulate hem, being a national pride as he is, the mayor of Kastamonu, presented hem with a bunch of 41 garlic heads.
Why garlic heads instead of a boring bunch of flowers? Not because our handsome boy is a vampire, nor vampires abound in Turkey. But garlic is the universal remedy against the evil eye, so that his new album won’t flop. And why 41? Forty is a hallowed number here, also meant to ward off the devil, so is the confinement of a new born and its mother 40 days long, as is also the period of heavy mourning after a death.
To ward off the evil eye –always lurking- is no better system that to say Maşallah !! (Praise the Lord) forty times, and then you add one extra for good measure in case that counting till forty is a problem.
So in this simple, salubrious and well proven way, the mayor of Kastamonu makes sure that Tarkan’s new album will be again a great success.
Yayyy….keep it weird!!
Yayyy….keep it weird!!
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very funny indeed ! especially the reason for the one extra above 40.....
ReplyDeleteexcellent i'm making one with 43 straight away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha! He's sure looking very stylish with that garlic wreath... ;)
ReplyDeleteSUPER!
ReplyDeleteCool!! I love garlic, they're are so yummy!! Maybe instead of flowers presents, I should ask my husband and friends to give me garlic too! They are still welcome to give me chocolate and cakes as presents too!
ReplyDeleteYou give me a good laugh Star, tahnk you!:)
ReplyDeletegreat traditions, hihihihi!!
ReplyDeleteUsing all the tips right away! Thanks!
ReplyDeletegreat to read ! I have good memories of songs by Tarkan :-)
ReplyDeletehahahaa:-) u made me smile cilgin hatun:-) the album ROCKSSSSSSSSSSS
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