ISTANBUL: Hidrellez Festival
ISTANBUL, TURKEY: "Hıdrellez", is one of the seasonal festivals, celebrated on May 5-6.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY: "Hıdrellez", is one of the seasonal festivals of all Turkish world which is celebrated as the first day of the "early summer". Hıdrellez Day falls on May 5-6. It is said that whatever you wish for on that night, will come true. Therefore people tie thousands of wishes to trees or write them on big wooden walls. A huge festival takes place along the Bosphorus in Istanbul with many musicians playing and people dancing all day and night.
