TURKISH OLD FOLK ENTERTAINMENT: MAGICIAN PERFORMANCES IN TENT

Abstract

The magician tent is a round tent and consists of a show area with a stage and dozens of chairs. The magician tents, which are usually set up on festival days in big cities, serve the audience at certain times of the day. On stage, magicians perform various illusion shows. At the demonstrations, the public usually fills all the places. In magic shows, the magician aims to make his moves believable by choosing some people from the public as well as his own show. Magic show tents also apply touring system apart from festivals in big cities. It was possible to see magician tents in various cities, towns, sub-districts of Turkey, but now there are no magician show tents, although they are few in number. Today, magicians perform at various events. In addition, with the development of technology, magicians present their shows with various visual graces. The tents of the magicians who set up tents in the towns were generally capable of accommodating 100 people. The magicians used various names, usually Habubi. Magician costumes usually consisted of Indian skullcaps, cloaks, suits and colorful outfits. The shows generally consisted of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, turning an orange, card games, egg and ring games. After a certain time in Turkey, magician tents were replaced by shows held in various venues. Some magicians have become famous in show centers. Turkey's most famous magician is Zati Sungur. Later, Ertuğrul Işınbark, nicknamed Mandrake, is Sermet Erkin, Lütfi Demirtok and Kubilay Tuncer. With the development of technology, magic shows are now performed with very different choreographies.