 
 
 
Hello to you all
Today I'll tell you about Qashqai people
When I was in Iran, I visited Shiraz
I realized  that some people spoke little Turkish
I heard
Then I was told, Qashqai people lived there
I heard that before
But I didn't know they were close in Shiraz
Then I asked If could go to their place
I asked few people
Then somehow I met Vehid
He is Qashqai but he lives in the city
I told him what I wanted to do
I asked him to go to the village or wherever they lived
and If we could find any Qashqai people who lived in tent
And he said he could find
We went to Firuzabad on the weekend by his car
 
I went to see Qashqai people's tent
Then I went to Ceverek village with someone else another day
I was hosted there by Qashqai people too
When I told them I was Turkish
They were more friendly
Even though we could speak little Turkish
We could understand each other
Bu of course It is impossible to understand everything
Most of Qashqai people live in cities
Few of them are still nomad
 
For example 80 years old Ms. Toktahan,
hasn't lived in a house ever
She has been living as a nomad
and every 3-4 months she moves somewhere else for 80 years
It's though life
I also talked to the leader of the village
He told me something as a joke
They have the leader of Qashqai people
 
His name is Afrazyap
He says What could I say about him
He made us to get use to live like a nomad
We can't live in cities anymore
If I stay in a house
I can't sleep
He says they get used to live in nature
And he adds that It's very tiring to move every 3-4 months
It's also hard to live
He laughs and gets angry at the same time
Their life is really though
Here is where they live in Firuzabad
They are livestock producers
Whey they move to another place
They go by jeep or a small van
Their tent are made of got hair
They have two types of tent
One of them is for summer and the other one is for winter
It's a school
As they are nomads
They carry the school wherever they go
Kids go to school
They have an official teacher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Women were making phyllo
In our village in Samsun, Turkey
They still make phyllo in Ramadan
 
They keep drinking water in hides
It keeps water cold even in summer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It's called keshk
Well
It's like a cheese
Taste is very intense
made of milk
made of milk
How long does it take to make it?
How many days?
2 days
2 days
On the other hand Qashqai people like to smoke shisha
Both women and men
In front of some tents
I saw some women who smoked shisha
But they didn't allow me to take their photos or video
So I didn't take any photo or video of them
I always ask their permission to take their photos
and their videos too
When I went to Firuzabad with Vehid
We stayed at his relative's house at that night
They are also Qashqai
We had dinner and had a conversation together
After dinner they made tea
The bride brought shisha
I was wondering If she brought it for herself or her husband
Then she gave it to her mother in law
And her mother in law smoked it
I took photo of her
They asked me to try it
I said I didn't know shisha
but let's try
But he said they call it galyan
and It wasn't like shisha as you know
It may get you stoned
When he said like this, I got curious
He gave me the shisha
I had two sips and half
I felt dizzy
I don't even smoke
so it's normal to feel dizzy I guess
I told them my head was spinning around
They laughed at me
I said I couldn't smoke any more
It was enough
I gave it back to mother in law
She smoked
The bride also smoked
 
It's their tradition
Or let me say they enjoy
They went back to the city
Vahid wanted me to take his grandmother's place
We went to grandmother's house who was 80 years old
She was so nice and talkative
Especially when she heard that
I had been traveling nonstop for 3 years
She was very surprised
Now watch video of our conversation with her
 
 
 
 
How old are you?
About 80
80?
You speak Turkish?
Do you know how to say 80?
 
One, two, three
four, five, six, seven
You can speak?
Yes, I can
But here you speak Farsi?
No, no
You speak Turkish at home?
Our children speaks Turkish as well
How many year have you been living here?
30
30 years?
Yes
 
Speak slowly
I don't understand
If you speak slowly, I can understand
 
 
We had camel, horse
Camel?
We had camel, horse, lamb
We got milk
Goat?
yes, goat
We used to ride horse, camel
Donkey?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When she learns that I had been traveling nonstop for 3 years
yes
too much?
Yes
 
I hadn't seen my family for 3 years
He didn't see his family
But I'll go back 5 months later
I'll go back 5 months later
Yes, I'll go back 5 months later
 
3 what?
3 siblings
How many siblings?
Passed away
You don't have siblings?
I had 5 siblings but 2 of them died
5 sisters
and 3 brother
now 3
 
 
We say baci means siblings
He call siblings
 
 
 
 
 
 
She says I look like her grandson İhsan
 
Grandson?
When I smile she says I look like him
Grandson ok
He looks like you
ok
He helped me a lot
He is very nice
Qashqai people help everybody
 
She Says Qashqai people
are very nice people
 
She calls my backpack as pouch
She asks how I get money to travel
A company sponsors him
 
I sit, no problem?
 
 
 
 
 
She has knee pain
Qashqai girls are beautiful
 
 
 
 
She says they used to wear this traditional cloths and looked more beautiful
 
 
Now they are dirty
 
 
In old times
Before
 
 
They used to put this on head
 
 
 
 
 
 
