Post by kedigato on Mar 19, 2009 16:45:22 GMT
In Turkey, wherever you look, you'll meet plenty of eyes looking at you. It is common in the Turkish culture to give a gift of a Blue Glass Nazar Boncugu (Nazar boncuk) or The Evil Eye Bead as it is more widely known. People hang a small evil eye amulet from the rear view mirror of their car, keep several small evil eye beads or charms on hand to give to guests, hang an evil eye near their door in the home or office. Glass evil eyes are worn, in the form of jewelry; evil eye bracelet, evil eye necklace, evil eye anklet, gold or silver evil eye charms and evil eye pendant, evil eye earring - ring and blue evil eye talisman. Here it is a real evil eye bead paradise.
The evil eye bead gives protection and brings luck to all.
With its warm blue, the shine it has derived from the fire and the smiling face that's a typical feature of the Anatolian people, it gives happiness to the friends and the beloved ones.
The people have been attaching this evil eye bead to everything they wished to protect from evil eyes. From the new-born babies to their horses or even to the doors of their homes... Evil eyes - nazar boncugu keychains, evil eye cellphone charms, evil eye jewellery, evil eye - nazar worry beads...
The blue evil eye beads might be looking as if trying to say,
"Don't bother... Everything is all right..."
From www.nazarboncugu.com/
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I have often brought a bonçuk back home from our many trips to Turkey, both as gifts and also to hang up around our house. I even have a tiny one on my keyring.
