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Copyright: jalab temen (jalab_temen)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 283 W: 9 N: 162]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (942) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-06 |
| Categories: Nature, Artwork |
| Exposure: f/8.5, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-07-24 7:46 |
| Viewed: 269 |
| Points: 1 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Cuman or in Hungarian Kun, is a member of a nomadic Turkish people, comprising the western branch of the Kipchak confederation (Kipchak is the name of a Kazakh tribe within modern-day Kazakhstan) until the Mongol invasion (1237) forced them to seek asylum in Hungary. Cumanian people asked for admittance to the Carpathian Basin at the Easter of 1239, under the leadership of Khan Kötöny.
The Cumanians adapted themselves to their new surroundings over the centuries. Their customs and language were conformed to those of the recipient Hungarian population. By the 15th century Great Cumania integrated itself into the Hungarian feudal society but also preserved its priviliges for centuries.
The two large statues raise a monument to the memory of the Cumanian Ancestors, they represent Father and Mother, who face East. Seven Cumanian soldiers surround them holding the shield of the Cumanian settlements in their bands
The isolated hillocks which called “kunhalom” (it means: Cumanian hillock, kurgan) belongs to the landscape of the Great Hungarian Plain.
Their sketch generally a round-like oval. They are hemisphere- or cone-shaped structures. Some of the Cumanian hillocks were settlements at the ancient time, so they lived through from the levels of damaged and reconstructed houses from time to time in several thousand years.
Another big part of the Cumanian hillocks served as burial ground for the settlers of the Carpathian basin. These hillocks were erected in a short time period, from the surrounding ground to comply with the requirements of prehistoric funerals.
The Cumanian hillocks could fulfil another functions beyond that. Small hillocks, wich were to serve safety with making signs and news passing easier and faster were frequently situated mainly on the Great Hungarian Plain and the East-Transdanubian region. The forming of border hillocks was connected with signing the country’s or settlement’s border. Cumanian hillocks are inestimable treasures of our country. They have significant value in archeology, landscape, botany and soil science. Archeologists suspect that the dreaded Hunan leader Attila was buried in one of these hillocks. Most of our relic from the 10-15th century comes from these Cumanian hillocks or their surroundings.
http://www.dateki.hu/TTO_kepek/KarcagResI%20GreatCum.pps#391,14,14. dia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuns%C3%A1g |
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- gelor
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1006 W: 23 N: 340]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
(3112) - [2008-07-24 10:11]
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Bonjour,
Quel dommage que cette image ne soit pas plus nette !
Joli et instructif commentaire.
Gérard
