Çiftoğlu Çabuk, Arzu2024-10-122024-10-122017Çiftoğlu Çabuk, A. (2017). The Bride Adornment and Masters of Bride Adornment in Turkish Culture. Milli Folklor, 113, 54-68.1300-3984https://hdl.handle.net/11467/8735The formation of a family which is defined as the smallest unit in the community is sacred in Turkish society as in many cultures and it is celebrated with ceremonies. Despite the regional differences, certain rules and morals take place at every stage of the marriage ceremony. Because importance attributed to the establishment of a new home in Turkish culture reflects'on the language and a rich vocabulary is occurred in Turkish from the point of view of marriage customs and traditions. Particularly people and applications-involved in the marriage ceremony take an important place in the vocabulary with their own traditional names. This is because preparation of the bride as a symbol of abundance and fertility for the ceremony is very important, people who prepare the bride for this special day are also of value. Adorning the bride for the wedding varies by region, even within the same society. Despite the differences, a beautiful makeup and hairdressing are fundamental elements of the adornment process. Because it is an important to prepare the bride to the wedding ceremony, people undertaking this task can't be randomly selected. These people must fulfill certain conditions and must possess certain virtues. This study will focus primarily on socio-cultural aspects of the wedding ceremonies, marriage and family concepts; then the importance attributed to the bride in Turkish society will be discussed. After that, required qualifications for people who adorn the bride for the wedding ceremony will be focused on. In the last part of the paper, information will be provided on how brides are adorned for the ceremony and how professionals adorning the bride are called historically and in Turkish local dialects.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBrideBride AdornmentMasters of AdornmentMaquillageMake-up ArtistArticle1135468N/AWOS:000399636100006Q22-s2.0-85017536823