What is THBT ?

  WHAT IS THBT  ? (TÜRK HALK BİLİMİ TOPLULUĞU)

 (TURKISH FOLKLORE CLUB)

   

I chose this topic because THBT has very important role in my life.Firstly I would like to give basic information about THBT. What is THBT ? Its full name is Türk Halk Bilimi Topluluğu. (Turkish Folklore Club ) . THBT is one of the oldest student societies in METU mainly engaging in folk dance and folk music. It was established in 1961. The primary objective of our community is analysis and interpretation of the elements of folk culture with modern and scientific methods. Moreover, the findings from these studies are transmitted to close environment and foklore community. TBHT is our club which has continued its work continues since it was established. There are four main branches event which are folk dances, folk music, folk theater and local researches. Anatolian Musical Festival and Folklore Days are the events that the society organizes annually.

What is my situation in THBT ? I have been a member of this club for more than one year. I am working and I am taking part Traditional Turkish Theatre Minor club of THBT.I really love there so much . We enjoy a lot. During last term, we learned basic elements of theatre .In the second term, we chose a famous theatre play.Now,we are doing practice for this play. We will perform it on 4-5 of april in ODTÜ Mimarlık Amphi.Then, we want to go another cities for performing our play. Now, I am amateur theatre player. I have a role. I ll be foreigner doctor in this play.Normally, it is turkish but I ll speak english , italian and foreigner accent turkish . Although my role is not big or major role, I love it so much. I always enjoy with it. In addition to theatre minor club. I am a member of Belgelik Minor club of THBT .(Document Archive and Library) . Our community has a rich library about folklore. This library is one of the largest folklore library in Turkey . Me and the other member of this minor community bring, archive, collect, protect and organize this library. 

By the way, I m a member of Erasmus Social which is a part. of ESN (Erasmus Student Mobility) . In ESN, I help Erasmus Students who re coming from different countries about everything about Turkey.I am a kind of coordinator between ESN and Folk Club. I try to bring erasmus students to folk club to help them for learning turkish culture. 

  I love THBT so much because I meet many nice people in there. Everybody is ready to help each other in there. I suggest all the students in METU to come to this club.