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[halil]

if we are going to talk about distinct Turkish Cypriot culture we must look in 3 parts for of it i can say.
1. Culture during Ottoman time.
2. Culture during British Time .
3.Culture before 74 and after 74 .

Headlines might be :

1.houseing system.
1.1 house belongings ,furniture, property ...............

2. Costumes , habits ..................... coffee culture and coffee shops (Kahvehane)

3. Moral values, eternal verities ................

4. Hospitality

5. Authority at family

6. Family Life
6.1 Marrige age ,weddings and wedding customs ,wedding preperations...
weddind meals .
6.2 Girl hijacking , divorce ...
6.3 İç güveyisi (sorry i don't know in English but i will explain what does it mean )
6.4 legal actiones at marrige .

7.Education and education system .
7.1 folkler ,folkleric games

8. Religion, faith
8.1 Circumcision, tradition
8.2 Festival of sacrifices , Ramadan and fastinig .....
8.3 Funeral

9. Superstition, old wives' tale ...............

10. Health and Healt care

11. political life .

12.Production and trade ,mercantilism

13. Relate an anecdotes

to share all of them with you it will take your time but what i belive it will be very enjoyable reading and by adding your comment and expriencies will make us to understan Turkish Cypriots culture better .
may be i missed some headlines but missing lines will come by itself once i started to write all of it . it will take some time but i will do it .

have a good weekend all of you .

tonight we have Kina gecesi . İ will be very bussy and tired . i will put some pictures from Kina gecesi (henna night ) . Our bride is from Luricina . Henna nights have to be done at bride home thats why Henna night will be at her place .

wait my writings about our culture .

Cheers

[Kikapu]

Well here is an interesting comment on the reasons for the practice of male circumcision (which I believe is in keeping with the thread topic).

Circumcision is one of the less painful forms of mutilation, but it is also less effective at reducing sperm competition. Wilson suggests, however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower, meaning brief, illicit sex is less likely to come to fruition and lead to a pregnancy.

So perhaps in those cultures which practice male circumcision ... this may be the underlying reason why.

Affairs are less likely to lead to fathering i.e. pregnancies and evidence.

Hence an exercise of Free Will by man, against the drives of nature ....

however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower

I would have thought this would be a welcomed news to all women, that the circumcised men do not experience premature ejaculation and that they can make intercourse last just a little bit longer than the rest.!

[tessintrnc]

Well here is an interesting comment on the reasons for the practice of male circumcision (which I believe is in keeping with the thread topic).

Circumcision is one of the less painful forms of mutilation, but it is also less effective at reducing sperm competition. Wilson suggests, however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower, meaning brief, illicit sex is less likely to come to fruition and lead to a pregnancy.

So perhaps in those cultures which practice male circumcision ... this may be the underlying reason why.

Affairs are less likely to lead to fathering i.e. pregnancies and evidence.

Hence an exercise of Free Will by man, against the drives of nature ....

however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower

I would have thought this would be a welcomed news to all women, that the circumcised men do not experience premature ejaculation and that they can make intercourse last just a little bit longer than the rest.!

True....................... whoops!!!!! I can't believe I just said that!!!

[halil]

sorry . it was posted by mistake

[Oracle]

Well here is an interesting comment on the reasons for the practice of male circumcision (which I believe is in keeping with the thread topic).

Circumcision is one of the less painful forms of mutilation, but it is also less effective at reducing sperm competition. Wilson suggests, however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower, meaning brief, illicit sex is less likely to come to fruition and lead to a pregnancy.

So perhaps in those cultures which practice male circumcision ... this may be the underlying reason why.

Affairs are less likely to lead to fathering i.e. pregnancies and evidence.

Hence an exercise of Free Will by man, against the drives of nature ....

however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower

I would have thought this would be a welcomed news to all women, that the circumcised men do not experience premature ejaculation and that they can make intercourse last just a little bit longer than the rest.!

Keeping the reasoning within the confines of the discussion at hand .

.... slower sex may lead to greater risk of discovery.

Hence in that case, circumcision would reveal more affairs in a society that was less tolerant of fooling around.

(Would love to speculate on more fun matters Kinky-pu, but I've just had a heavy lunch )

[Kikapu]

Well here is an interesting comment on the reasons for the practice of male circumcision (which I believe is in keeping with the thread topic).

Circumcision is one of the less painful forms of mutilation, but it is also less effective at reducing sperm competition. Wilson suggests, however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower, meaning brief, illicit sex is less likely to come to fruition and lead to a pregnancy.

So perhaps in those cultures which practice male circumcision ... this may be the underlying reason why.

Affairs are less likely to lead to fathering i.e. pregnancies and evidence.

Hence an exercise of Free Will by man, against the drives of nature ....

however, that the lack of a foreskin could make insertion or ejaculation slower

I would have thought this would be a welcomed news to all women, that the circumcised men do not experience premature ejaculation and that they can make intercourse last just a little bit longer than the rest.!

Keeping the reasoning within the confines of the discussion at hand .

.... slower sex may lead to greater risk of discovery.

Hence in that case, circumcision would reveal more affairs in a society that was less tolerant of fooling around.

(Would love to speculate on more fun matters Kinky-pu, but I've just had a heavy lunch )

Couple of years ago, I saw a BBC documentary which talked about sex and males in different animal and insect kingdoms, which the males would do all they can to remove sperm left by another male from the females, or deposit theirs to get to the egg first soon after the last male "paid a visit" to the female. This may indeed explain why men have affairs, because the very basic animal instinct is to mate as well as eat for the purpose of the species to survive. I know we have passed that stage of our evolution, but perhaps our "sexual genetic hardwire" has not. The other observation in this documentary was, that animals with the smallest testicles were more likely to have a muck quicker intercourse than those animals with larger ones. Human male testicles are considered to be small in comparison to the rest of their body, therefore, nature intended for human males to "get in and out" as soon as possible, and that the only important thing was, that sperm was deposited as quickly as possible. After all, one's vulnerability of being attacked and killed in the wild, is during "copulation", specially if you are a male spider making it with a "Black Widow" spider, in which you will lose your head for a "quickie".

I hope I have helped some man feel better if they fall into the "bham, wham, thank you ma'am" column, and that you women out there where your man is very quick on the "draw", to blame nature, and not him.

[Kikapu]

sorry . it was posted by mistake

Halil, don't apologise for making "premature" postings.!:lol:

That's what nature intended for you.!

[Nikitas]

PremEj seems to be a problem in the US where, coincidentally, most babies are circumcised at birth. So much for theories.

[halil]

sorry . it was posted by mistake

Halil, don't apologise for making "premature" postings.!:lol:

That's what nature intended for you.!

Kikapu ;
Önce çuvaldızı kendine bir batır ........

(çuvaldız: packing needle )

subject was about Turkish Cypriot culture .Talk about our culture .....
another saying for you ....... Havlayan köpekden korkma derler .....
when someone talks and praise himself or herself ..... never believe him or her ..... just talks and talks and live at his dream world .

[Tim Drayton]

sorry . it was posted by mistake

Halil, don't apologise for making "premature" postings.!:lol:

That's what nature intended for you.!

Kikapu ;
Önce çuvaldızı kendine bir batır ........

(çuvaldız: packing needle )

subject was about Turkish Cypriot culture .Talk about our culture .....

another saying for you ....... Havlayan köpekden korkma derler .....
when someone talks and praise his self or her self ..... never believe him or her ..... just talks and talks and live at his dream world .

The subject is really the DIFFERENCE between Turkish Cypriot and Anatolian culture. Is there a difference, and if so, what examples are there of this difference?