Ederlezi

Edirne — 2009

Roma Hıdırellez celebration in Edirne, 2009, by Tarık Kaan Muslu

Every spring, the Roma community of Edirne holds one of the largest Hıdırellez celebrations in Turkey. This is not a folkloric reconstruction — it is a party that has been happening, in some form, for centuries.

The drums start and nobody needs permission to dance.

Full sequence will be added during migration