Learn about three scary monsters in Turkey
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| Hi, everybody! I'm Selin from TurkishClass101.com! |
| Do you know what monsters Turkish people are scared of? In this lesson, you'll learn about three scary monsters in Turkey. |
| Let’s start with the most popular monster. |
| Gulyabani |
| [slowly] Gulyabani |
| It can be translated as ghoul in English. |
| It's a giant with a long beard, and he carries a staff. He haunts travelers and eats human flesh. |
| That sounds pretty scary, right? |
| You might have heard about the next monster. The next one is... |
| Alkarısı |
| [slowly] Alkarısı |
| This translates as the woman of red. |
| The women in red haunts female horses and other women after childbirth. |
| Also, this female spirit haunts babies after they're born. |
| Okay. Here's the last monster. |
| Hortlak |
| [slowly] Hortlak |
| Have you heard of this next one? This translates to zombie in English. |
| The Hortlak is a poltergeist that rise from the graves. |
| It's usually the restless spirit of an unhappy dead person. Often the hortdan can change shape or become invisible. It lives off of blood and eats raw flesh. |
| Let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned. Listen to the names of each monster and repeat after me. |
| Ghoul |
| Gulyabani |
| Gulyabani |
| Woman in red |
| Alkarısı |
| Alkarısı |
| Zombie |
| Hortlak |
| Hortlak |
| Well done! |
| Do you know how Turkish people celebrate Halloween? |
| Celebrating Halloween is not a Turkish tradition, but the locals enjoy it with expatriate friends and foreigners. Big parties are thrown at private homes or restaurants. |
| And that's it! You just learned about three of the scariest monsters in Turkey. |
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