Specialities of Gaziantep(process)

It is important tradition for Turkish people.Turkish people love it very much.For children ,itmeans entertainment and for adults ,it means togetherness.Everyone either adults or children enjoy it.What is it? It is the Ramadan feast.Ramadab feast is celebrated by every kind of person in Turkish and in my hometown, Gaziantep's people have some specialities for the feast.
Gaziantep's people are known by their eating habits and because of this habit,people makespecial meals for ramadan .The first speciality is Yuvalama. I can say yuvalama is for this feast.Everybody in Gaziantep has to make this special meal.While you are eating it , you feel its delicious taste.This is enjoyable part of it and making it is difficult part of it.It is too difficult to make on your own.The person who wants to make yuvalama has to call for her neigbours or friends.It takes much more time than any other meal.The first preparation for feast is yuvalama and then making cookies take second stage.cookies with pistachio or cacao have to be made. ın every home, there are cookies. cookies are the most delicious things. The other preparation is baklava or kadayıf. Gaziantep is famous for pictachio and baklava. Due to this, baklava is important for us .
The aim of feast is gathering people and provide people, who don't see each other for long year, too see each other and due to this, people some preparations. Cleaning the house is the first thing. People clean their house for guest. The older people's house is more important than any other, because people come for their older relative. In this feast, the dead are unforgetable and people visit their relative's graves, pray for them. Before the feast, people go to the cemetery. The other thing is buying new clothes. Every item must be new from head to toe, especially for children. Children enjoy buying new clothes. They are happy with their new clothes, but buying something is really tiring. You cannot feel your feet after the shopping.
The last thing before the fest is presents. People give presents to their older relatives. For example, we give presents for my grandmothers. The present is always chocolate. These are prepared. Allowance is also important. Allowance which was given in a hankerchief long years ago is given in an usual way, but it must be prepared before.
Ramadan feast is special for everyone, but we, have lots of specialty. Yuvalama and cookies are the most important part of the feast. They are highly delicious although making them is really risky and difficult. Baklava is the other important thing, because we are a baklava city. Ramadan feast which means entertainment for children and togetherness for adults can make you tired while preparing something, but when you eat these special meals, you will forget about all your tiredness.