GRAVESTONES OF İNCEARAPLAR VILLAGE IN BESNİ, ADIYAMAN

Mankind believing life beyond does not tolerate being forgotten after death, so he wishes to be cherished the memory of him. hence, humanbeing searches many ways which transfer his being to the next generations by associating with his belief. one of these ways is to open his grave and daily life for onlookers. therefore, garvestones which are tried to keep alive today and have rooted through iran and azerbaijani by being the continuation of shamanist belief and can also renamed as ‘’balbal’’ or ‘’stone statue’’ are seen in adıyaman and its surroundings. we see the examples of gravestones that proceed the same tradition in incearaplar village in conty of besni, adıyaman. especially stones are settled on the head are important for reflecting the gender and previous daily life of death person.